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Human NIBP Nano
Owner’s Guide
Recommended use
ADInstruments products are NOT intended to be used as medical devices
or in medical environments. The tracking accuracy of the Human NIBP
Nano is considered suff iciently good to study blood pressure changes
in, for example, the study of orthostatic hypotension or cardiovascular
maneuvers such as Valsalva straining [Imholz 1998]. Note, however, that
the Human NIBP Nano does not meet all requirements for non-invasive
blood pressure monitoring, according to the Association of Medical
Instrumentation (AAMI).
Due to the non-brachial measurement site, the Human NIBP Nano
should not be used as a replacement for upper arm cuff blood pressure
measurements that are normally used in a clinical setting. However, the
Human NIBP Nano is ideal for ambulatory long-term measurements, for
example, in the study of the circadian 24–hour blood pressure profile and
in conditions where fast hemodynamic changes are expected, such as
during cardiovascular stress testing, orthostatic tolerance testing, and in
many other physiological studies.
In general, all these studies prefer a finger blood pressure measurement
device over a more conventional blood pressure measurement device for
one or more of the following reasons:
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Non invasive measurement.
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Continuous beat-to-beat blood pressure and heart rate data
available.
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Possibility to perform a comprehensive hemodynamic analysis
on the full pressure waveform using, for example, the Heart Rate
Variability (HRV) module available with the LabChart Pro® soft ware
package (see www.adinstruments.com).
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Ambulatory measurements and high-fidelity data storage to a
computer hard drive.
