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Comparing Blood Pressure Values Obtained by Two Different Protocols: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2017-2018.
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2021
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HypertensionPressure MeasurementBlood Pressure VariabilityMeasurementObjectives Blood PressureBlood PressureCalibrationPatient MonitoringBiostatisticsPublic HealthBlood Pressure MonitoringHealth PolicyAntihypertensive TherapyClinical NutritionNational HealthBlood Pressure ValuesBp MeasurementMercury SphygmomanometerCardiovascular DiseaseBlood Pressure ControlNutrition Examination SurveyMedicineAnesthesiologyNutrition Assessment
Objectives Blood pressure (BP) is traditionally measured using a mercury sphygmomanometer. Given environmental concerns about mercury, clinical and survey settingsare moving to automated devices with an oscillometric protocol to obtain BP. This report compares BP measurement using the mercury and oscillometric protocols.