Auscultation or palpation of blood pressure in critically ill @entity1 by emergency medical technicians (EMTs) can be difficult, if not impossible, because of ambient noise, motion artifact, limited access to @entity1 , or weak pulses. Automated blood pressure monitors (ABPMs) have been designed to overcome these problems during field @entity341 and @entity1 transport. Our study compared blood pressure measurements taken by EMTs with measurements provided by a Lifestat ABPM. Measurements in emergency @entity1 on scene, during transport, in the @entity341 ( @entity341 ), and in a controlled environment were compared. Measurements in the various sites were obtained from 57 @entity1 , and provision was made for two measurements at each site. @entity551 yielded a mean absolute systolic difference of 10.46 +/- 1.42 mm Hg and a mean absolute diastolic difference of 9.33 +/- 1.32 mm Hg. During transport systolic pressures showed a mean absolute difference of 11.50 +/- 1.72 mm Hg, and diastolic pressures showed a mean absolute difference of 7.59 +/- 1.16 mm Hg. Mean absolute differences in the @entity341 were 11.23 +/- 1.49 mm Hg systolic and 8.37 +/- 1.25 mm Hg diastolic. Ninety comparison measurements in a controlled environment yielded a mean absolute systolic difference of 8.74 +/- 0.87 mm Hg and a mean absolute diastolic difference of 7.97 +/- 0.72 mm Hg. Comparison of mean diastolic pressure differences between @entity958 and ABPM measurements in various settings revealed some small, but statistically significant, discrepancies that were not considered clinically relevant.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Comparison of XXXX blood pressure measurements with an automated blood pressure monitor: on scene, during transport, and in the @entity341 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity341 :: ('MESH:D004630', 'Disease') :: ['emergency department', 'ED', 'emergencies'] @entity551 :: ('MESH:D007022', 'Disease') :: ['Comparison of on-scene systolic blood pressures'] @entity958 :: ('3702', 'Gene') :: ['EMT']
@entity958 :: (3702,Gene) :: ['EMT']
