Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen |
2014
Abstract
Blood pressure is one of the most important parameters monitored in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. Two possibilities of automatic blood pressure monitoring are at hand in contemporary practice: intermittent measurements obtained via an oscillometric cuff or continuous monitoring based on arterial catheterisation.
In recent years novel technologies have been developed enabling continuous non-invasive monitoring of blood pressure. This review article describes the two most developed of these technologies: the volume clamp method and appalanation tonometry.
Devices based on these principles might in near future help to significantly improve patients' safety and quality of care.