To assess the agreement between manual auscultatory arterial blood pressure values and the values obtained by an automated oscillometric device in normotensive pregnant patients.
There is poor agreement between manual auscultatory and automated oscillometric methods for the measurement of blood pressure in normotensive pregnant women.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, A. Gemelli'Hospital, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, School of Medicine and Surgery, Rome, Italy. fpomini@rm.unicatt.it