Pharmacy measurements of
blood pressure (BP) have similar
high sensitivity and specificity to
in-surgery measurements and
home measurements according to
a paper published in the Journal of
Evaluation in Clinical Practice.
While standardising arterial blood
pressure measurement is difficult
because of different operators such
as a doctor or pharmacy employee,
the study demonstrated no
statistically significant differences.
The study was conducted in an
internal medicine service with 160
patients in Ankara, Turkey.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 31 Aug 15 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 31 Aug 15
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