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Metrological Aspects of Blood Pressure Measurement

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Blood pressure (BP) is an important physiological parameter used in the diagnosis of many life-threatening diseases such as heart attack, ischemic stroke, hypertension, vascular disease, hypotension, and many others. It is directly connected to human life, it plays an important role in the diagnosis and monitoring of various health ailments. Accurate and precise BP measurement is always a priority for both researchers and medical practitioners. With recent technological advancements, the issue of accurate measurements, standardization of techniques, and efforts toward adopting some uniform methods remain debatable, particularly traceability in dynamic mode. There are numerous types of BP measuring devices in the market. The accuracy of these devices is always an unresolved issue for researchers, medical practitioners, and metrologists. Several national and international standards recommend methods for calibrating these devices, but very few devices/systems/instruments are available to calibrate these devices convincingly in SI traceable units. This chapter provides an in-depth explanation of various noninvasive BP measuring techniques as well as available national and international standards. Some recent advances in BP measurement, as well as challenges addressed and challenges ahead in their calibration, are also discussed.

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    Sanjay Yadav

  3. National Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industria, Ibaraki, Japan

    Toshiyuki Takatsuji

  4. National Institute of Standards and Tech, GAITHERSBURG, MD, USA

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  5. Mechanical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

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Kumar, R., Dubey, P.K., Yadav, S. (2022). Metrological Aspects of Blood Pressure Measurement. In: Aswal, D.K., Yadav, S., Takatsuji, T., Rachakonda, P., Kumar, H. (eds) Handbook of Metrology and Applications. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1550-5_98-1

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