Blood Pressure Measurements

1. Automatic Blood Pressure Devices.- Methods and Techniques.- Automatic detection of Korotkoff sounds, markers for systolic and diastolic blood pressure in automated instruments.- Testing the accuracy of automated and semi-automated sphygmomanometers designed for home use.- Automatic oscillometric noninvasive blood pressure: theory and practice.- Plethysmographic (volume-oscillometric) method of non - invasive monitoring ambulatory blood pressure.- The use of piezofilms for noninvasive measurements of blood pressure.- Automatic registration of Korotkoff sounds: clinical experiences with automatic blood pressure measurement devices as compared to the auscultatory method.- Direct and indirect blood pressure measurement - rheologic and pathophysiologic considerations.- Clinical Applications - a critical review.- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: use in clinical practice and in research.- How reliable are indirect blood pressure measurement devices in the intensive care unit (ICU)?.- Common clinical problems of measuring arterial pressure in the elderly.- Clinical relevance of casual blood pressure readings versus self-measurement.- 2. Ambulatory 24-h Blood Pressure Monitoring.- Methods and Techniques.- History of telemetric automatic long-term blood pressure recording.- The direct intra-arterial method for ambulatory blood pressure recording: present status and future applications.- Non-invasive ambulatory blood pressure recording.- Methodological developments and problems of recorders for automatic, indirect, ambulatory 24-hour monitoring of blood pressure.- Analysis of circadian blood pressure profiles: some remarks from a statistician.- Ambulatory blood pressure - direct and indirect.- Finapres, continuous noninvasive finger arterial pressure based on themethod of Peñáz.- Clinical Application for Diagnosis.- Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of 24-h blood pressure measurement.- Circadian variation of blood pressure in postoperative coarctation patients.-