Publisher's Synopsis
This splendid guide to the measurement of blood pressure is the best single source of information available to medical students, nurses, physicians, psychologists, and technical people in the health care field.
Hailed in its earlier edition as "a gem" (Hospital Times), "valuable and thoroughly readable" (American Journal of Medical Sciences), and "highly recommended" (British Journal of Anesthesiology), the Handbook of Blood Pressure Measurement describes the physiology, equipment, history, and engineering of blood pressure measurement. It is indispensable to any medical professional who wants to know more about and understand this crucial and widely performed measurement.
