Session Summary
Learning Objectives
Having completed this session you will be able to:
- Identify the working principles of manual sphygmomanometers
- Describe the principles of oscillotonometry
- Evaluate the clinical use of automated non-invasive blood pressure measurement devices (NIBP)
- Recognize the limitations of non-invasive methods
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Further Reading and Activities
- Al-Shaikh B, Stacey S. Essentials of Anaesthetic Equipment 3rd edn. London, Churchill Livingstone. 2007
- Davey A, Diba A. Ward’s Anaesthetic Equipment 5th edn. London, Saunders, 2005
- Davies PD, Kenny GNC. Basic Physics and Measurement 5th edn. London, Butterworth-Heinmann. 2003
- Bedford RF and Shah NK. Blood pressure monitoring: Invasive and Non-invasive 3rd edn. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1995
- Blitt CD Hines RL, Editors. Monitoring in anaesthesia and critical care, ed.3. New York, Churchill Livingstone Inc. 1995; 100-109
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