O’Brien E, Petrie JC, Littler WA, deSwiet M. Standards for Blood Pressure Measuring Devices. Br Med J 1987;244:1245-1246.
de Swiet M, Dillon MJ, Littler W, O’Brien E, Padfield PL, Petrie JC. Measurement of blood pressure measurement in children. Brit Med J 1989;299:497.
O’Brien E. A Review of Standards for Non-invasive Blood Pressure Measurement. In: Ambulatory Blood Pressure Ed: T. Pickering. Biophysical Measurement Series.. SpaceLabs Medical. Inc.Washington. 1994. Pp. 96-102.
Staessen J, Fagard R, Thijs L, Amery A and the Participants in The Fourth International Consensus Conference on 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring. Hypertension 1995;26[part 1]:912-918.
O’Brien E. Expert comments on the JNV V Consensus Guidelines. Am J Hypertens 1995:8:330-331
[O’Brien E] Non-invasive sphygmomanometers. Part 3. Supplementary requirements for electro-mechanical blood pressure measuring systems. British Standard BS EN 1060-3: 1997. European Standard EN 1060-3 1997. European Committee for Standardization. Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050, Brussels.
O’Brien E. Methods of analysis. Task Force I: Methodological aspects. Blood Pressure Monit 1999;4:286-287
Mancia G, O’Brien E, Imai Y, Redon J. Task Force II: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in population studies. Blood Pressure Monit 1999;4:295-301
Staessen JA, Beilin L, Parati G, Waeber B, White W and the Participants of the 1999 Consensus Conference on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring. Task Force IV: Clinical use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Blood Pressure Monit 1999;4:319-333
O’Brien E, Coats A, Owens P, Petrie J, Padfield P, Littler WA, de Swiet MA, Mee F. Use and, interpretation of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: recommendations of the British Hypertension Society. BMJ 2000: 320: 1128-34
O’Brien E, Staessen J. Critical appraisal of the JNC VI, WHO/ISH and BHS guidelines for essential hypertension. Exp. Opin. Pharmacother 2000;1:675-682
O’Brien E, Proceedings from a workshop on measurement of blood pressure of the Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring of the European Society of Hypertension, Milan, June 1999. Blood Pressure Monit 2000;5:31-32
O’Brien E, Asmar R, Beilin L, Imai Y, Mallion J-M, Mancia G, Mengden T, Myers M, Padfield P, Palatinin P, Parati G, Pickering T, Redon J, Staessen J, Stergiou G, Verdecchia P on behalf of the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring. European Society of Hypertension recommendations for conventional, ambulatory and home blood pressure measurement. J Hypertens 2003;21:821–848
O’Brien E, Asmar R, Beilin L, Imai Y, Mancia G, Mengden T, Myers M, Padfield P, Palatini P, Parati G, Pickering T, Redon J, Staessen J, Stergiou G, Verdecchia P on behalf of the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring. Practice guidelines of the European Society of Hypertension for clinic, ambulatory and self blood pressure measurement. J Hypertens 2005, 23:697–701
Petrie J C, O’Brien E T, Littler W A, De Swiet M, Dillon M. Recommendations on Blood Pressure Measurement British Medical Journal Publications, London.1990.
O’Brien E. Editor. Second International Consensus Meeting on Twenty-four-hour Blood Pressure Monitoring. J Hypertens 1991;9(suppl 8).
O’Brien E. Will mercury manometers soon be obsolete? J Human Hypertens 1995;9:933-934.
Book chapters
O’Brien E. Contribution to Manual of Hypertension. Ed. J.D. Swales. Blackwell Science. London. 1995.
O’Brien E, Beevers G, Marshall D. ABC of Hypertension. Third Edition. BMJ Publications. London. 1995.
O’Brien E. Chapter 1A. General principles of blood pressure measurement. In: Practical management of hypertension. Ed. W. Birkenhager. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht, Boston, London. 1996.p.1-11
O’Brien E. Chapter 1B. Conventional blood pressure measurement. In: Practical management of hypertension. Ed. W. Birkenhager. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht, Boston, London. 1996.p.13-22
O’Brien E, Petrie J, Littler WA, de Swiet M, Padfield PD, Dillon MJ, Coats A, Mee F. Blood Pressure Measurement: Recommendations of the British Hypertension Society. BMJ Publishing Group. Third Edition. 1997
O’Brien E, Beevers G, Marshall D. ABC de la Hipertensión. Ancora SA. Spain. 1997.
O’Brien E, Beevers G, Marshall D. ABC of Hypertension. Hungarian translation. 1998
O’Brien E, Beevers G, Marshall HJ. Manual de Hipertensao. Santos Livaria Editora. Brazil. 1997
O’Brien E. Formation of the Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring of the European Society of Hypertension. J Hypertens 1998;16:893. Blood Pressure Monitoring 1998;3:133-134
O’Brien E, Staessen J. A plea for harmonising guidelines. International Journal of Cardiology 2001;79:129-132
Guidelines Committee (Mancia G, Agabiti Rosei E, Cifkova CR, DeBacker G, Erdine S, Fagard R, Farsang C, Heagerty AM, Kawecka-Jaszcs K, W. Kiowski, Kjeldsen S, Luscher T, McInnes G, Mallion J-M, Mogensen CE, O’Brien E, Poulter NR, Priori SG, Rahn, KH, Rodicio JL, Ruilope LM, Safar M, Staessen JA, van Zwieten P,. Waeber B, Williams B, Zanchetti A, Zannad F) 2003 European Society of Hypertension–European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension. J Hypertens 2003:21:1011–1053
Guidelines Committee (Mancia G, Agabiti Rosei E, Cifkova CR, DeBacker G, Erdine S, Fagard R, Farsang C, Heagerty AM, Kawecka-Jaszcs K, W. Kiowski, Kjeldsen S, Luscher T, McInnes G, Mallion J-M, Mogensen CE, O’Brien E, Poulter NR, Priori SG, Rahn, KH, Rodicio JL, Ruilope LM, Safar M, Staessen JA, van Zwieten P,. Waeber B, Williams B, Zanchetti A, Zannad F) Practice Guidelines For Primary Care Physicians: 2003 ESH/ESC Hypertension Guidelines. J Hypertens 2003; 21: 1779-1786.
Little MA, O’Brien E, Owens P, Holian J, Kenny S, Mee F, Walshe JJ. A Longitudinal Study of the Yield and Clinical Utility of a Specifically Designed Secondary Hypertension Investigation Protocol. Renal Failure 2003;25:709-717
O’Brien E. The Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring of the European Society of Hypertension. Blood Pressure Monit 2003;8:17-18
O’Brien E. Blood pressure measurement in hypertension research. A workshop of the European Society of Hypertension. Blood Pressure Monit 2003;8:141-142
O’Brien E. What’s new in blood pressure measurement? A workshop of the European Society of Hypertension. Blood Press Monit 2004;9:281-282
Authors/Task Force Members:Mancia G, De Backer G, Dominiczak A, Cifkova R, Fagard R, Germano G, Grassi G, Heagerty AM, Kjeldsen SE, Laurent S, Narkiewicz K, Ruilope L, Rynkiewicz A, Schmieder RE, Struijker Boudier HAJ, Zanchetti A, ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG): Vahanian A, Camm J, De Caterina R, Dean V, Dickstein K, Filippatos G, Funck-Brentano C, Hellemans I, Dalby Kristensen S, McGregor K, Sechtem U, Silber S, Tendera M, Widimsky P, Zamorano JL, ESH Scientific Council: Kjeldsen SE, Erdine S, Narkiewicz K, Kiowski W, Agabiti-Rosei E, Ambrosioni E, Cifkova R, Dominiczak A, Fagard R, Heagerty AM, Laurent S, Lindholm LH, ManciaG, Manolis A, Nilsson PM, Redon J, Schmieder RE, Struijker-Boudier HAJ, Viigimaa H, Document Reviewers: Filippatos G, Adamopoulos S, Agabiti-Rosei E, Ambrosioni E, Bertomeu V, Clement D, Erdine S, Farsang C, Gaita D, Kiowski W, Lip G, Mallion J-M, Manolis AJ, Nilsson PM, O’Brien E, Ponikowski P, Redon J, Ruschitzka F, Tamargo J, van Zwieten P, Viigimaa M, Waeber B, Williams B, Zamorano JL. 2007 Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the Management of Arterial Hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J 2007 28: 1462-1536; J Hypertens 2007:25;1105–1187
Staessen JA, O’Brien E. Progress in blood pressure measurement: a workshop of the European Society of Hypertension. Blood Press Monit 2007, 12:243–244
Staessen JA, O’Brien E. Will generic hypertension guidelines reduce the proliferation of directives? Heart 2007;93:775-777
Staessen JA, O’Brien E. Proceedings of a workshop of the European Society of Hypertension. Blood Press Moni. 2008;13:143
