The results of the Campaign for evaluating sphygmomanometers accuracy and their physical conditions

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sphygmomanometers calibration accuracy and the physical conditions of the cuff-bladder, bulb, pump, and valve. METHODS: Sixty hundred and forty five aneroid sphygmomanometers were evaluated, 521 used in private practice and 124 used in hospitals. Aneroid manometers were te...

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Main Authors: Décio Mion Jr, Angela M. G. Pierin, Débora Cristina Alavarce, José Henrique da Cunha Vasconcellos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2000-01-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2000000100004