Blood-pressure monitors.

HEMODYNAMIC monitoring; BLOOD pressure measurement; HYPERTENSION; BLOOD circulation disorders; PATIENT monitoring equipment; BODY fluid pressure; EQUIPMENT & supplies

Evaluates blood-pressure monitors, which can be used by people with hypertension. Problem of high blood pressure in the U.S.; Tests of home monitors which considered consistency, accuracy, and convenience; Basic types of home monitors, including automatic arm monitors, manual arm monitors, wrist monitors, and fingertip monitors; Ways to get reliable readings from the monitors; Recommendations, including checking blood pressure at least twice a week, and choosing an automatic arm monitor which reads pressure during cuff deflation; Consideration of the Lifesource Quick Response with Easycuff, the only arm monitor rated excellent on convenience.