[Evaluation of Spacelabs 90207, the noninvasive automatic monitor for ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure].

OBJECTIVE

To validate a non-invasive apparatus for non-hospital monitoring of blood pressure, the Spacelabs 90207 model.

DESIGN

A comparative cross-sectional study.

SETTING

Primary Care. "La Orden" Health Centre in Huelva.

PATIENTS: 90 people, 34 men, of all ages, hypertensive or not and without any treatment for Hypertension, and selected at random from the on-demand consulting room.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN

RESULTS

Four blood pressure (BP) readings measured with the standard manual apparatus (mercury sphygmomanometer) were compared with three obtained in sequence with the Spacelabs 90207, validated in line with the recommendations of the British Hypertension Society (BHS) and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). Average age was 51.31 +/- 16.5, with SP between 102 and 200 mmHg and DP between 60 and 100 mmHg. Means and standard deviations of manual and automatic BP readings were worked out: 129.13 +/- 19 mmHg and 130.50 +/- 19 for SP, and 77.97 +/- 11 and 76.64 +/- 11 for DP.

CONCLUSIONS

Spacelabs 90207 fulfills the validation criteria of the BHS and AAMI.