Melissa C Lee, Edward F Melcer, Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell, Lye-Yeng Wong, Samuel Shields, Hyrum Eddington, Amber W Trickey, Jason Tsai, James R Korndorffer, Dana T Lin, Cara A Liebert
Usability of ENTRUST as an Assessment Tool for Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs): A Mixed Methods Analysis
Journal of surgical education
central aortic bp may predict cardiovascular outcomes better upper arm brachial bp recent years technology enabled central bp estimation recording peripheral bp waveform standard upper arm cuff accuracy devices well documented study aimed address issue study systematic review conducted according prisma guidelines observational studies published 2008 2023 reported accuracy testing cuffbased central bp devices compared reference invasive aortic bp primary analysis stratified according commercially available device pooled estimates calculated using randomeffects models based mean differences standard errors six thousand four hundred fifteen studies screened 27 studies met inclusion criteria plus one unpublished study generated data seven devices commercially available tested among 2125 adult participants high heterogeneity devices pooled i2 975 stratified device accuracy estimated central bp highly devicedependent range accuracy across different devices 124 mmhg 163 85 32 mmhg 0261 two seven commercially available devices undergone external validation testing accuracy commercially available cuffbased central bp devices highly devicespecific accurate estimation central sbp findings major implications appropriate interpretation studies use cuffbased estimated central bp