Effect of respiratory pattern on automated clinical blood pressure measurement: an observational study with normotensive subjects

Abstract Background It has been reported that deep breathing could reduce blood pressures (BP) in general. It is also known that BP is decreased during inhalation and increased during exhalation. Therefore, the measured BPs could be potentially different during deep breathing with different lengths...

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Main Authors: Natalia Herakova, Nnenna Harmony Nzeribe Nwobodo, Ying Wang, Fei Chen, Dingchang Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Clinical Hypertension
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40885-017-0071-3