Device validation protocols

O’Brien E, Petrie JC, Littler WA, deSwiet M. Standards for Blood Pressure Measuring Devices. Br Med J 1987;244:1245-1246.

O’Brien E, O’Malley K, Sheridan J. The need for a standardized protocol for validating non-invasive blood pressure measuring devices. J Hypertens 1989;7(suppl 3):S19-S20.

O’Brien E, Petrie J, Littler W, de Swiet M, Padfield PL, O’Malley K, Jamieson M, Altman D, Bland M, Atkins N. The British Hypertension Society Protocol for the evaluation of automated and semi-automated blood pressure measuring devices with special reference to ambulatory systems. J Hypertens 1990;8:607-619.

O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Twenty-four hour ambulatory blood pressure measuring monitoring: a review of validation data. J Hypertens 1990.8(Suppl 6):S11-S16.

O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Evaluation of blood pressure measuring devices with special reference to ambulatory systems. J Hypertens 1990;8(suppl7):S133-S139.

Atkins N, O’Brien E, Mee F, O’Malley K. The relative accuracy of simultaneous same arm, simultaneous opposite arm and sequential same arm measurements in the validation of automated blood pressure measuring devices. J Human Hypertens 1990;4:647-649.

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K, Tan S. Training and assessment of observers for blood pressure measurement in hypertension research. J Human Hyperten 1991;5:7-10

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Validation requirements for ambulatory blood pressure measuring systems. J Hypertens 1991;9(Suppl 8):S13-S15.

O’Brien E, Petrie J, Littler W, De Swiet M, Padfield P, O’Malley K, Jamieson MJ, Altman D, Bland M, Atkins N. The British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of automated and semi-automated blood pressure measuring devices with special reference to ambulatory systems. J Ambulatory Monitoring 1991;4:207-228.

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. The quest for better validation: a critical comparison of the AAMI and BHS validation protocols for ambulatory blood pressure measuring systems. Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology 1992;26:395-399.

O’Brien E, Petrie J, Littler WA, de Swiet M, Padfield PL, Altman D, Bland M, Coats A, Atkins N. The British Hypertension Society Protocol for the evaluation of blood pressure measuring devices. J Hypertens 1993;11(suppl 2):S43-S63.

O’Brien E, Petrie J, Littler WA, de Swiet M, Padfield PL, Altman D, Bland M, Coats A, Atkins N. Short report. An outline of the British Hypertension Society Protocol for the evaluation of blood pressure measuring devices. J Hypertens 1993;11:677-679.

O’Brien E, Atkins N, Mee F, O’Malley K. Evaluation of blood pressure measuring devices. Clin & Exper Hypertension 1993;15(6):1087-1097

O’Brien E, O’Malley K, Atkins N, Mee F. A review of validation procedures for blood pressure measuring devices. In: Twenty-Four Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Practice. Eds: B. Waeber, E. O’Brien, K. O’Malley, HR Brunner. Raven Press. New York. N.Y. 1994. pp.1-32

O’Brien E, Atkins N. A comparison of the BHS and AAMI protocols for validating blood pressure measuring devices: can the two be reconciled? J Hypertension 1994; 12:1089-1094

O’Brien E, Atkins N, Staessen J. Factors influencing validation of ambulatory blood pressure measuring devices. J Hypertension. 1995;13:1235-1240.

O’Brien E, Atkins N, Mee F, Coyle D, Syed S. A new audio-visual technique for recording blood pressure in research: the Sphygmocorder. J Hypertens 1995;13:1734-1737.

O’Brien E. How will we ensure accuracy in the future? Blood Pressure Monitoring 1996;1 (suppl 1):S109-S112.

Atkins N, O’Brien E, Wesseling KH, Guelen I. Increasing observer objectivity with audio-visual technology: the Sphygmocorder. Blood Pressure Monitoring 1997;2:269-272

O’Brien E. Towards improving procedures for validating blood pressure measuring devices. Blood Pressure Monitoring 1997;2:247-249

O’Brien E. Criteria for validation of devices. Task Force I: Methodological aspects. Blood Pressure Monit 1999;4:279-281

O’Brien E. Modification of blood-pressure measuring devices and the protocol of the British Hypertension Society. Blood Pressure Monit 1999;4:53-54

O’Brien E. Proposals for simplifying the validation protocols of the British Hypertension Society and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. Blood Pressure Monit 2000;5:43-45

O’Brien E, Pickering T, Asmar R, Myers M, Parati G, Staessen J, Mengden T, Imai Y, Waeber B, Palatini P with the statistical assistance of Atkins N and Gerin W on behalf of the Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring of the European Society of Hypertension. International protocol for validation of blood pressure measuring devices in adults. Blood Press Monit 2002;7:3-17

Gerin W, Schwartz AR, Schwartz JE, Pickering TG, Davidson KW, Bress J, O’Brien E, Atkins N. Limitations of current validtion protocols for home blood pressure monitors for individual patients. Blood Pressure Monit 2002:7:313-318

O’Brien E. Recommendations for devices for measuring ambulatory blood pressure based on validation evidence. Nefrologia 2002;xxii (Suppl 3):3-6