[Lancet Commission on Hypertension Group position statement on the global improvement of accuracy standards for devices that measure blood pressurePosicionamento do Grupo da Lancet Commission on Hypertension sobre a melhoria global dos padr ões de acurácia para aparelhos que medem a pressão arterial].

[Lancet Commission on Hypertension Group position statement on the global improvement of accuracy standards for devices that measure blood pressurePosicionamento do Grupo da Lancet Commission on Hypertension sobre a melhoria global dos padrões de acurácia para aparelhos que medem a pressão arterial]. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2020;44:e21 Authors: Sharman JE, O'Brien E, Alpert B, Schutte AE, Delles C, Olsen MH, Asmar R, Atkins N, Barbosa E, Calhoun D, Campbell NRC, Chalmers J, Benjamin I, Jennings G, Laurent S, Boutouyrie P, Lopez-Jaramillo P, McManus RJ, Mihailidou AS, Ordunez P, Padwal R, Palatini P, Parati G, Poulter N, Rakotz MK, Rosendorff C, Saladini F, Scuteri A, Barroso WS, Cho MC, Sung KC, Townsend RR, Wang JG, Hansen TW, Wozniak G, Stergiou G, en nombre del Grupo de la Comisión Lancet de Hipertensión
 Abstract The Lancet Commission on Hypertension identified that a key action to address the worldwide burden of high blood pressure (BP) was to improve the quality of BP measurements by using BP devices that have been validated for accuracy. Currently, there are over 3 000 commercially available BP devices, but many do not have published data on accuracy testing according to established scientific standards. This problem is enabled through weak or absent regulations that allow clearance of devices for commercial use without formal validation. In addition, new BP technologies have emerged (e.g. cuffless sensors) for which t...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Rev Panam Salud Publica Source Type: research