Abstract
The blood pressure (BP) of 24 elderly (mean age ± SD 73 ± 5 years) and 10 young (35 ± 11 years) hypertensive patients was measured indirectly by the cuff-mercury sphygmomanometer and directly by intra-arterial recording. The differences between indirect and direct BP (ΔBP) recordings were significant (P<0.05) for both systolic BP (Δ SBP ± SD 16.55 ± 15.91 mm Hg) and diastolic BP (Δ DBP, 6.97 ± 9.38 mm Hg) in the elderly group but not in the young group (Δ SBP, ±2.50 ± 9.70 mm Hg, Δ DBP, ±-0.03 ± 6.55 mm Hg). The use of the cuff-mercury method may overestimate systolic and diastolic BP in elderly hypertensive patients.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 435-437 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Israel Journal of Medical Sciences |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - 1986 |
| Externally published | Yes |