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History of blood pressure measurement

Laher M, O’Brien E. In search of Korotkoff. Brit Med J 1982;285:1796-1798.

O’Brien E, Fitzgerald D. The history of indirect blood presure measurement. In Blood Pressure Measurement. Eds. E. O’Brien and K. O’Malley. HANDBOOK OF HYPERTENSION. Eds. W.H.Birkenhager and J.L.Reid. Elsevier. Amsterdam. 1991. pp.1-54.

O’Brien E, Fitzgerald D. The history of blood pressure measurement. J Human Hypertens 1994;8:73-84

O’Brien E. Where are we now? Sphygmomanometry in the 20th century. Blood Pressure Monitoring 1996;1(suppl 2):S9-S13.

O’Brien E. Theodore Caldwell Janeway (1872-1917): The quest for precision. J Human Hypertension 1996;10:501-504

O’Brien E, Semple P, Brown W. Riva-Rocci Centenary Exhibition. J Human Hypertens 1996;10:705-721.

Brown W, O’Brien E. The sphygmomanometer of Riva-Rocci. J Human Hypertens. 1996;10:723-724.

O’Brien E. Nicolai Sergeivich Korotkoff. In A Century of arterial Hypertension 1896-1996. Ed. N. Postel-Vinay. Wiley. West Sussex. 1996.p.200-201.

O’Brien E. Theodore Caldwell Janeway. In A Century of arterial Hypertension 1896-1996. Ed. N. Postel-Vinay. Wiley. West Sussex. 1996.p.202-203.

O’Brien E. Ave atque vale: the centenary of clinical sphygmomanometry. Lancet 1996;348:1569-1570

O’Brien E. Blood pressure measurement at the turn of the century. Current Medical Literature; Nephrology and Hypertension 1997;3:3-6

O’Brien E. Blood pressure measurement at the turn of the century. Current Medical Literature; Cardiology 1997;16:35-38

O’Brien E. Blood pressure measurement at the turn of the century. Hypertension & Heart Failure. Peer Selected Citations 1998. Current Medical literature. p. 1-3.

O’Brien E, Owens P. “Classic sphygmomanometry: a fin de siecle reappraisal.” In Epidemiology of Hypertension. Ed, C. Bulpitt. HANDBOOK OF HYPERTENSION. Series Eds. W.H.Birkenhager and J.L.Reid. Elsevier. Amsterdam. 2000. pp.130-151.

O’Brien E. History of the Blood Pressure Unit at the Charitable Infirmary and Beaumont Hospital 1978-2006. Heartwise. Winter 2006. 12-18.

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  • WELCOME
  • SCIENCE & RESEARCH
  • BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT
    • History of blood pressure measurement
    • Measurement in low resource settings
    • Guidelines, standards and recommendations
    • Device validation protocols
    • Device validation studies
    • Device validation – State-of-the-market
    • Conventional blood pressure measurement
    • The mercury issue
    • ABPM – General
    • ABPM – Reference values
    • ABPM – Patterns and sub-groups
    • ABPM – Nocturnal blood pressure
    • ABPM – drug assessment
    • ABPM – Elderly
    • ABPM – Pregnancy
    • ABPM – Outcome
    • ABPM – Computer analysis and indices
    • ABPM – Hypotension
    • Self-blood pressure measurement
  • DRUG TREATMENT AND TRIALS
    • General
    • EWPHE Study
    • Syst-Eur Study
    • PROGRESS Study
    • HYVET Study
    • ASCOT Study
    • REASON Study
    • Aliskiren
  • CASE REPORTS
  • COMPUTERISED MANAGEMENT OF CV DISEASE
  • GENERAL AND EDUCATIONAL
  • GENETICS
  • LITERARY AND HISTORICAL
  • BIOGRAPHY
    • Dominic Corrigan
    • Oliver Fitzgerald
    • William Stokes
    • Robert Graves
    • John Cheyne
    • Robert Adams
    • J.D.H. Widdess
    • Walter Sommerville
    • Samuel Beckett
    • A.J. (Con) Leventhal
    • Nevill Johnson
      • Nevill Johnson: Paint the smell of grass
    • Oliver St John Gogarty
    • Denis Johnston
    • Dom Peter Flood
    • Micheal MacLiammoir
    • Petr Skrabanek
  • HISTORY OF MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
    • A Century of Service: The City of Dublin Skin and Cancer Hospital 1911-2011
    • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
    • Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
    • The Charitable Infirmary
    • The Richmond Hospital
    • Beaumont Hospital
  • MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS AND LETTERS
  • MEDICAL JOURNALISM
  • MEDICAL HISTORICAL EXHIBITIONS
  • PUBLISHING
  • HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES
  • COMMUNICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
    • Scientific Presentations 1981 – 2006
    • Literary Presentations and Exhibitions
    • Humanitarian Presentations & Exhibitions
    • Communications on Medical History
  • TELEVISION AND RADIO
    • Medical Presenataions on Radio and Television
    • Historical/Literary Presentations on Radio and Television
  • CAREER OVERVIEW
    • Appointments
    • Learned Societies, Committee Membership, and Editorial Boards
    • Blood Pressue Unit and ADAPT Centre Annual Reports 1996 – 2006
  • SCIENTIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
    • Publications 1968 – 1979
    • Publications 1980 – 1989
    • Publications 1990 – 1999
    • Publications 2000 – 2009
    • Publications 2010 – 2016

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