Equipment errors: A prevalent cause for fallacy in blood pressure recording - A point prevalence estimate from an indian health university

• Main Authors: Badrinarayan Mishra (Author), Nidhi Dinesh Sinha (Author), Hitesh Gidwani (Author), Sushil Kumar Shukla (Author), Abhishek Kawatra (Author), S C Mehta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Blood pressure (BP) recording is the most commonly measured clinical parameter. Standing mercury sphygmomanometer is the most widely used equipment to record this. However, recording by sphygmomanometer is subject to observer and instrumental error. The different sources of equipment err...