Could the arm blood pressure measured with simultaneous bilateral arm method be used for hypertension diagnosis?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Simultaneous bilateral arm blood pressure (BP) measurement (bilateral arm method) is suggested for the first BP measurement in clinical practice, but whether the arm BP measured with bilateral arm method (RA-2) is similar to that with unilateral arm method (RA-1) is unclear.

Design

Quantitative research, paired sample T-test, Bland-Altman and multivariate linear regression analyses were used.

Setting

This study included 295 subjects (18-90 years, 60.0±14.6 years old, 126 males) in the clinic of cardiovascular medicine of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University. They were randomly instructed to one of two BP measurement proposals: (1) right-arm-bilateral arm-right-arm-bilateral arm, or (2) bilateral arm-right-arm-bilateral arm-right-arm to atten

SUBMITTER: Wan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7497520 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature