Estudo comparativo da pressão arterial sistêmica obtida por dois métodos distintos

• Autor(a) principal: Basso, M. F M [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Outros Autores: Loffredo, Leonor de Castro Monteiro [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://serv-bib.fcfar.unesp.br/seer/index.php/Cien_Farm/article/view/364; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/69331
• topic: Blood pressure; Measurements; Reproducibility of results; blood pressure measurement; clinical article; controlled study; correlation coefficient; dental care; diastolic blood pressure; human; intermethod comparison; systolic blood pressure

As arterial hypertension can be diagnosed by different methods, among which are the traditional auscultatory instrument and the automated oscillometric monitor, the aim of this study was to compare the performance of these instruments, to evaluate the reliability of the digital oscillometer. The sample consisted of 40 patients under dental treatment, whose blood pressure measurements were recorded. The measurements of systolic and diastolic blood pressures were evaluated in terms of their intraclass correlation coefficients (r). For systolic blood pressure, an excellent level of agreement was found between the instruments, with r=0.93, and for diastolic blood pressure, there was a good level of agreement (r=0.75). It was concluded, from the excellent agreement for systolic blood pressure, that the oscillometric monitor can be recommended for the monitoring of the variations of that pressure in the same individual, while the good agreement obtained in the determination of the diastolic blood pressure indicates that the oscillometric method is reliable. However, new studies need to be carried out for a better understanding of the disagreements that can occur in the diastolic pressure results.