TY - JOUR
AU1 - STANIFER, ROBERT R.
AB - 746 ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA . . . Current Researches VOL. 51, No. 5, SEPT.-OCT., 1972 Direct Blood-Pressure Measurement: Gadgets Versus Progress ERNEST P. McCUTCHEON, M.D. JOYCE M. EVANS, M.S. ROBERT R. STANIFER Lexington, Kentucky* HE opportunities for clinical investiga- ment have also improved. Two especially significant problems, however, are likely to T tion in the operating room are well known,' and the importance of pressure lev- persist as major considerations. els in the investigation of circulatory changes scarcely needs emphasis.2~3 Anes- The first problem is evaluation of the thesiologists have accepted special responsi- pressure-measurement system. The proper- bility for expertise in blood-pressure meas- ties of the interface between the vascular urements, required as part of the monitoring system and the pressure sensor are crucial and investigative evaluation of patient re- determinants of measurement accuracy. If sponses. Appreciation of the difficulties in- this interface is a fluid-filled catheter, the herent in indirect sphygmomanometry, and resulting hydraulic line can cause error from the increasing complexity of many proce- trapped gas bubbles or from the interaction dures, have led to increasing use of vessel of catheter mechanical properties with the cannulation for obtaining direct pressure. pressure wave. Tests must be appropriate to 
TI - Direct Blood‐Pressure Measurement Gadgets Versus Progress
JF - Anesthesia & Analgesia
DA - 1972-09-01
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SP - 746–756-746&ndash
EP - ndash;756-746–756
VL - 51
IS - 5
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