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  • Title: Arterial blood pressure measurement technique.
    Author: Gorny DA.
    Journal: AACN Clin Issues Crit Care Nurs; 1993 Feb; 4(1):66-80. PubMed ID: 8452745.
    Abstract:
    Arterial blood pressure (BP) measurements, which include invasive direct methods and noninvasive indirect methods, provide a picture of the hemodynamic status of the patient. Invasive BP methods measure pressure pulse wave amplitude; noninvasive methods rely on blood flow or arterial wall motion as a basis for the determination of BP values. To obtain the most accurate BP value, the clinician must identify which measurement variables in a specific clinical situation are most contributory to error and, if possible, use a method of measurement for which the sources of error are not parallel. Blood pressure values obtained by different methods cannot be compared without a thorough understanding of the user-related and instrumentation-related limitations associated with each BP measurement technique.
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