Factores esenciales en la medición clínica de la tensión arterial

the clinical measurement of arterial tension is a simple, cheap, and useful clinical procedure both for the diagnosis of hypertension and for the follow-up of hypertensive patients. during such measurement, a series of esential factors should be taken into account. those factors inherent to the patient as well as to the equipment and technique used are stressed. reference is also made to special clinical situations that may lead to an incorrect measurement of the arterial tension. what to do in such cases is also explained