Abstract
Accuracy, reliability and clinical acceptance of continuous blood pressure monitoring system based on arterial tonometry were evaluated by comparing tonometric blood pressure (TBP) measurements with intermittent oscillometric blood pressure (CBP) measurements during dental treatments in 35 medically compromised patients.
A significantly high correlation was found between the two methods for systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurements. The limits of agreements (mean±2SD of bias) for the two methods were within the range which would be acceptable for clinical setting. The tonometric system provided real-time blood pressure measurements together with continuous display of the pressure waveform which was similar to the intra-arterial blood pressure waveform. This system was found to be especially useful during dental treatments in medically compromised patients.
