[Evaluation of the Omron 705-CP blood pressure measuring device for use in adolescents and young adults]. / Avaliação do monitor de medida de pressão arterial OMRON 705-CP para uso em adolescentes e adultos jovens.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the Omron 705-CP monitor for measuring blood pressure in adolescents and young adults. METHODS: According to the protocols of the British Hypertension Society and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, we performed validation of the device in 60 adolescents. The Omron monitor was connected in Y to a mercury column. Four consecutive and simultaneous measurements were taken with the mercury column sphygmomanometer and the test device, were independently analyzed, and the mean differences between the blood pressure measurements and the standard deviations of those differences were calculated. The results were analyzed according to the grading system of the protocol used. RESULTS: Two hundred and forty measurements were evaluated. The mean age of the patients was 16.3 years. When the measurement performed with the mercury column sphygmomanometer was compared with that taken with the device, a difference < or =15 mmHg was observed in 97.9% of the systolic and 98.8% of the diastolic blood pressure measurements; a difference < or =10 mmHg was observed in 86.3% of the systolic and 90.4% of the diastolic blood pressure measurements, which was classified as grade A; a difference < or =5 mmHg was observed in 59.1% of the systolic and 67% of the diastolic blood pressure measurements, and was classified as grade A/B. The mean difference and the standard deviation of that difference for the systolic blood pressure was 2.91+/-6.42 mmHg, and, for the diastolic blood pressure, it was 1.16+/-5.79 mmHg. CONCLUSION: The Omron 705-CP monitor proved to be useful for measuring blood pressure in adolescents according to the protocol used.

Avaliação do monitor de medida de pressão arterial 0mron 705-CP para uso em adolescentes e adultos jovens / Evaluation of the Omron 705-CP blood pressure measuring device for use in adolescents and young adults

OBJETIVO: Avaliar o monitor OMRON 705-CP de medida de pressão arterial em adolescentes e adultos jovens. MÉTODOS: De acordo com o protocolo da British Hypertension Society e da Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, realizamos a validação do aparelho em 60 adolescentes. O monitor foi conectado em Y com a coluna de mercúrio e foram realizadas 4 medidas consecutivas e simultâneas, analisadas as independentes e calculadas as diferenças médias entre as pressões e o desvio padrão dessas diferenças. Os resultados foram analisados de acordo com o sistema de grau do protocolo utilizado. RESULTADOS: Foram avaliadas 240 medidas. A idade média dos pacientes foi 16,3 anos. Quando comparada a medida realizada pela coluna de mercúrio com o aparelho houve uma diferença < 15 mmHg em 97,9 por cento das medidas sistólicas e 98,8 por cento das diastólicas; uma diferença < 10 mmHg em 86,3 por cento das medidas sistólicas e 90,4 por cento das diastólicas, classificada como grau A; uma diferença < 5 mmHg em 59,1 por cento das medidas sistólicas e 67 por cento das medidas diastólicas, considerada pela classificação entre A/B. A diferença média e o desvio padrão dessa diferença na pressão sistólica foi de 2,91±6,42 mmHg e para a diastólica de 1,16±5,79 mmHg. CONCLUSAO: O monitor OMRON 705-CP mostrou-se válido para medidas de pressão arterial de adolescentes segundo o protocolo empregado.

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