Device validation studies

Fitzgerald D, O’Callaghan W, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Accuracy of the London School of Hygiene and Remler M 2000 Sphygmomanometers. Clinl Sci 1981;61:399S-401S.

Fitzgerald D, O’Callaghan W, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Remler M 2000 Semi-Automatic Blood Pressure Recorder. Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Ambulatory Monitoring. The Academic Press. 1982. pp. 484-488.

Fitzgerald D, O’Callaghan W, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Inaccuracy of the London School of Hygiene Sphygmomanometer. Brit Med J 1982;284:18-19.

Fitzgerald DJ, O’Malley K, O’Brien ET. Inaccuracy of the London School of Hygiene Sphygmomanometer. Br Med J 1982;284:662-663.

Fitzgerald D, O’Donnell D, Brennan M, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Accuracy and reliability of the Del Mar Avionics Pressurometer III. J Hypertens 1985;3(Suppl 3):359-361.

Fitzgerald D, O’Callaghan WG, McQuaid R, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Accuracy and Reliability of Two Ambulatory Blood Pressure Recorders: Remler M 2000 and Cardiodyne Sphygmolog. Brit Heart J 1982;48:572-579.

Fitzgerald D, O’Donnell D, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Assessment of a non-invasive automatic ambulatory blood pressure recorder: the Del Mar Avionics Pressurometer III. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1985;14:150-151.

‘O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Inaccuracy of the Hawksley random-zero sphygmomanometer. Lancet 1990;336:1465-1468

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Inaccuracy of the Hawksley random-zero sphygmomanometer. Lancet 1990;336:1465-1468.

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Inaccuracy of seven popular sphygmomanometers for home-measurement of blood pressure. J Hypertens 1990;8:621-634.

O’Brien E, More O’Ferrall, Galvin J, Costello R, Lydon S, Sheridan J, Killeen C, O’Malley K. An evaluation of the Accutracker II non-invasive ambulatory blood pressure recorder according to the AAMI standard. J Ambulatory Monitoring 1991;4:27-33

O’Brien E, Atkins N, Mee F, O’Malley K. Evaluation of the SpaceLabs 90202 according to the AAMI standard and BHS criteria. J Hum Hypertens 1991;5:223-226

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Accuracy of the Del Mar Avionics Pressurometer IV determined by the British Hypertension Society Protocol. J Hypertens 1991;9:(suppl 5):S1-S7

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Short Report: Accuracy of the Del Mar Avionics Pressurometer IV determined by the British Hypertension Society Protocol. J Hypertens 1991;9:567-568

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Accuracy of the Novacor DIASYS 200 determined by the British Hypertension Society Protocol. J Hypertens 1991;9(suppl 5):S9-S15

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Short Report: Accuracy of the Novacor DIASYS 200 determined by the British Hypertension Society Protocol. J Hypertens 1991;9:569-570

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Accuracy of the Takeda TM-2420/TM-2020 determined by the British Hypertension Society Protocol. J Hypertens 1991;9:(suppl 5):S17-S23

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Short Report: Accuracy of the Takeda TM-2420/TM-2020 determined by the British Hypertension Society Protocol. J Hypertens 1991;9:571-572

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Accuracy of the SpaceLabs 90207 determined by to the British Hypertension Society Protocol. J Hypertens 1991;9(suppl 5):S25-S31

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Short Report: Accuracy of the SpaceLabs 90207 determined by to the British Hypertension Society Protocol. J Hypertens 1991;9:573-574

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Accuracy of the SpaceLabs 90207, Novacor DIASYS 200, Del Mar Avionics Presurometer IV and Takeda TM-2420 ambulatory systems according to the AAMI and BHS criteria. J Hypertens 1991.9.(suppl 6):S332-S333

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Short Report: Accuracy of the CH-Druck Pressure Scan ERKA ambulatory blood pressure measuring system determined by the British Hypertension Society Protocol. J Hypertens 1992;10:1283-1284.

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Short Report: Accuracy of the Profilomat ambulatory blood pressure measuring system determined by the British Hypertension Society Protocol. J Hypertens 1992;10:1285-1286.

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, Halligan A, O’Malley K. Accuracy of the SpaceLabs 90207 ambulatory blood pressure measuring system in normotensive pregnant women determined by the British Hypertension Society Protocol. J Hypertens 1993;11(suppl 5):869-873

O’Brien E, Atkins N, Mee F, O’Malley K. Comparative accuracy of six ambulatory devices according to blood pressure levels. J Hypertens 1993;11:673-675.

Conroy R, O’Brien E, O’Malley K, Atkins N. Measurement error in the Hawksley random zero sphygmomanometer: What damage has been done and what can we learn? BMJ 1993;306:1319-1322.

O’Brien E, Atkins N. 24-hour ABPM: Technical aspects of 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: comparative accuracy of six ambulatory systems determined by the BHS protocol. High Blood Press 1993;2(suppl 1):76-79.

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Accuracy of the CH- Druck/Pressure ERKA ambulatory blood pressure measuring system determined by the British Hypertension Society protocol. J Hypertens 1993;11(suppl 2):S1-S7.

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Accuracy of the Profilomat ambulatory blood pressure measuring system determined by the British Hypertension Society protocol. J Hypertens 1993;11(suppl 2):S9-S15

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Short Report: Accuracy of the Dinamap portable monitor, Model 8100, determined by the British Hypertension Society protocol. J Hypertens 1993;11:761-763

Conroy R, Atkins N, Mee F, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Using Hawksley Random Zero Sphygmomanometer as a Gold Standard May Result in Misleading Conclusions. Blood Pressure 1994;3:283-286.

O’Brien E, Atkins N. Evaluation of the accuracy and reproducibility of the Takeda TM-2420 in the elderly. J Human Hypertens 1995;9:205.

O’Brien E, Atkins N. Blood pressure measurement using oscillometric finger cuffs. Anaesthesia 1995;50:743-745

O’Brien E, Atkins N. Accuracy of an oscillometric automatic blood pressure device: the Omron HEM403C. J Human Hypertens 1995;9:781-784

O’Brien E, Padfield P, Bland M, Atkins N, Coats A, Petrie J, Altman D, Littler W, de Swiet M. Validation of blood pressure measuring devices. J Clin Monit 1995;11:257

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, Thomas M. Evaluation of three devices for self-measurement of blood pressure: according to the revised British Hypertension Society Protocol: the Omron HEM-705CP, Phillips HP5332, and Nissei DS-175. Blood Pressure Monitoring 1996;1:55-61

Conroy RM, Shelley E, Atkins N, O’Brien E. Ergonomic Problems with the Hawksley Random Zero Sphygmomanometer and their Effect on Recorded Pressures. Blood Pressure 1996;:5:227-233

O’Brien E. Inaccuracy of the Dinamap Portable Monitor Model 8100. Lancet 1997;349:1026

O’Brien E. Accuracy of the Dinamap 8100. Am J Hypertens 1997;10:143-14428/6/96)
Halligan WF, O’Brien E. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring During Ppregnancy – Establishment of Standards of Normalcy. Am J Hypertens 1996;9:1240-1241 (Letter)

Halligan A, Lambert P, O’Brien E, Shennan A,. Characteristics of a reversed circadian blood pressure rhythm in pregnant women with hypertension. J Human Hypertension 1996;10:135 (Letter)

O’Brien E. False claim for accuracy of the UA 751. J Human Hypertens 1996;10:335 (Letter)

O’Brien E. Evaluation of the Takeda TM-2420 in the elderly. J Human Hypertens 1996;10:61. (Letter)

O’Brien E. SpaceLabs 90207 and Accutracker II ambulatory blood pressure monitors in pregnancy. Am J Obs Gynec 1996;175:751-752. (Letter)

O’Brien E, Atkins N. Accuracy of the Dinamap Portable Monitor, Model 8100: a review of the evidence for accuracy. Blood Pressure Monitoring 1997;2:31-33

Mee F, Atkins N, O’Brien E. Evaluation of the Profilomat II® ambulatory blood pressure system according to the protocols of the British Hypertension Society and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. Blood Pressure Monit 1999;3:353-361

O’Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N. Evaluation of the Schiller BR-102 ambulatory blood pressure system according to the protocols of the British Hypertension Society and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. Blood Pressure Monit 1999;4:35-43

O’Brien E. Why do we use the Dinamap? Hypertension. 2000; 35;e26 June. (Letter)

O’Brien E. Validation Up-date. Blood Press Monit 2001;6:275-280

O’Brien E, van Montfrans G, Palatini P, Tochikubo O, Staessen J, Shirasaki O, Lipicky R, Myers M. Task Force I: Methodological aspects of blood pressure measurement. Sendai. Blood Press Monit 2001;6:313-315

O’Brien E. “Special blood pressure measuring devices”. In: Hypertension Manual. Ed. G. Mancia. Harcourt Brace & Co. Ltd. 2001.Pp173-184

O’Brien E, Atkins N, Murphy A, Lyons S. Validation of the ROSSMAX blood pressure measuring monitor according to the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol for Validation of Blood Pressure Measuring Devices in Adults. Blood Press Monit 2003;8: 261-265

O’Brien E, Atkins N, Murphy A, Lyons S. Validation of the TONOPORT V ambulatory blood pressure monitor according to the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol for Validation of Blood Pressure Measuring Devices in Adults. Blood Press Monit 2003;8:255-260