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Review
. 2001 Apr 21;322(7292):981-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.981.

ABC of hypertension. Blood pressure measurement. Part I-sphygmomanometry: factors common to all techniques

G Beevers, G Y Lip, E O'Brien
Review

ABC of hypertension. Blood pressure measurement. Part I-sphygmomanometry: factors common to all techniques

G Beevers et al. BMJ. .
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Mercury sphygmomanometer
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Example of a normal ambulatory blood pressure pattern plotted by the DABL® Program showing a marked variability of blood pressure
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White coat hypertension
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Patient in standard seated position
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Arm support in standing position
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Placement of cuff
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Placement of stethoscope
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Mean systolic (top) and diastolic (bottom) blood pressures of boys and girls from birth to 18 years. Diastolic blood pressure reflects the use of phase IV Korotkov sounds. Reproduced with permission from de Swiet M, Dillon MJ, Littler W, O'Brien E, Padfield PL, Petrie JC. Measurement of blood pressure in children. Recommendations of a working party of the British Hypertension Society. BMJ 1989;299:469-70
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Epidemiological graph for the risk of hypertension in the elderly. Reproduced with permission from Dahloff B, Lindholm LH, Hansson L, Schersten B, Ekbom T, Wester PO. Morbidity and mortality in the Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension (STOP-Hypertension). Lancet 1991;394:405-12
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Recommended bladder length
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Blood pressure in atrial fibrillation
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Taking blood pressure of a pregnant woman
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    1. Dahloff B, Lindholm LH, Hansson L, Schersten B, Ekbom T, Wester PO. Morbidity and mortality in the Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension (STOP-Hypertension) Lancet. 1991;394:405–412. - PubMed