Taking blood pressure: too important to trust to humans?
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- Also identified by DOI 10.3949/ccjm.77a.09155.
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Abstract
The measurement of blood pressure in the physician's office is subject to a number of observer errors and also to the "white-coat effect." Automatic devices that measure blood pressure without a human observer in the room can eliminate many of these problems. We argue for greater use of these devices in the physician's office.