• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to develop a new cuff to improve the accuracy of blood pressure measurement, and to evaluate the performance of the developed system. We added a small bladder to the normal cuff, which we refer to as the double bladder system. The system that we developed for blood pressure measurement was based on the oscillometric method using a double bladder. This system was developed in order to reduce the oscillation noise and to amplify the signal of pure blood pressure. An oscillometric signal database based on the developed system was evaluated according to the ANSI/AAMI/SP10-1992 standard. The correlation coefficients between the cuff of the double bladder and the normal cuff were 0.98 for systolic pressure and 0.94 for diastolic pressure. The mean differences and the standard deviations between the average blood pressure obtained from a mercury manometer and that obtained from an automated sphygmomanometer were -0.7mmHg and 4.9mmHg for systolic, and -1.4mmHg and 5.4mmHg for diastolic pressure. We conclude that the proposed double bladder-based cuff system improves the accuracy of oscillometric blood pressure measurement. The developed system reduces the range of error by about $44{\sim}62%$ for systolic pressure and about $6{\sim}21%$ for diastolic pressure compared to the most recently developed, commercially available sphygmomanometers.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.181-188
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to develop the new cuff improving the accuracy of blood pressure measurement, and to evaluate the performance of the developed system. We added a small bladder to the normal cuff which is called the double bladder system. The developed system for blood pressure measurement was based on the oscillometric method using a double bladder. This system was developed in order to reduce the oscillation noise and to amplify the signal of pure blood pressure An oscillometric signal database based on the developed system were evaluated following the standard ANSI/AAMI/SP10-1992. The correlation coefficients between cuff of double bladder and normal cuff were 0.98 for systolic and 0.94 for diastolic. Mean differences and the standard deviations between average blood pressure of mercury sphygmomanometer and automated sphygmomanometer were -0.7mmHg and 4.9mmHg for systolic, and -1.4mmHg and 5.4mmHg for diatolic, respectively. We conclude that the proposed double bladder based cuff system improves the accuracy of the oscillometric blood pressure measurement. The developed system reduces the error range about $44\~62\%$ for systolic and about $6\~21\%$ for diastolic compared to the recently developed commercially available sphygmomanometers.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38C권9호
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• pp.822-829
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• 2013

고혈압은 임상 현장에서 매우 흔한 질환인데 그 유병률이 국제적으로 상승세를 보이고 있다. 고혈압의 폐해는 너무 많으며 여러 장기들에 영향을 미친다. 필요 시 보통 평생 동안 치료해야 한다. 한국질병관리본부에 따르면 고혈압 유병률이 날로 증가하고 있다. 2011 조사에서 성인 중 28.9%가 고혈압이었으며, 여자 보다 남자가 약간 더 높았다. 환자를 분류하고, 혈압관련 위험을 확인하고 그리고 치료법을 안내하는 데 있어 정확한 혈압 측정은 필수적이다. 혈압계의 정확도에 영향을 미치는 요인 중 블래더 크기의 일탈이 장비 에러의 주된 원인이 된다. 혈압을 정확히 측정하기 위해, 위 팔 중심의 둘레에 따른 올바른 크기의 블래더 사용은 필수적이다. 시중의 혈압계를 조사한 결과, 커프 블래더들이 국제 규격 ISO 81060-1:2007에서 권유된 크기와 다름을 알 수 있었다. 블래더가 클 경우 혈압이 더 낮게 나오고, 더 작을 경우 더 높게 나온다는 것은 잘 알려져 있다. 미)심장협회(AHA)가 권고하는 어른용 블래더의 크기는 17-25cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 작은 어른, 24-32 cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 어른, 32-42cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 대다수 어른, 그리고 42-50cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 비만 어른으로 구분 된다. 반면에 한국 어른의 팔 둘레는 23-31cm에 불과하므로 AHA의 어른용 블래더 한 가지에 해당한다. 23-31cm의 팔 둘레를 가진 한국 어른을 위한 블래더의 종류는 ISO 81060-1을 따를 경우 3 개의 블래더가 필요하다. 병원들은 어른 환자들을 위해 보통 하나 혹은 두 가지 크기의 서양식 커프를 사용한다. 이 때문에 일부 환자들은 정확한 혈압 측정을 기대할 수 없다. 한국인에서 취합한 인체치수 참조 데이터에 기초한 블래더의 크기는 한국에서 가장 정확한 혈압을 측정하는데 도움이 될 것이다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.281-286
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• 2003

혈압은 사람의 건강상태를 알 수 있는 가장 기본적인 의학적 파라메터 중 하나이며, 오실로메트릭 방법을 사용한 혈압측정 시스템은 팔 동맥에서 커프를 통해 나타나는 압력을 측정함으로써 혈압수치를 비침습적으로 모니터링 하는 장치이다. 된 논문에서는 커프에 공기를 주입하면서 혈압을 측정하는 가압식 손목형 혈압측정 시스템을 설계하였다 설계한 혈압측정 시스템은 전원부와 압력을 가하는 공기주머니를 포함하는 커프, 신호검출부, 신호처리부, 무선 송수신부 그리고 디스플레이부로 구성된다. 설계한 자동 혈압측정 시스템은 기존에 일반적으로 사용되고 있는 자동혈압측정 시스템과의 수축기, 이완기 혈압 및 심박동수의 비교분석을 통해 신뢰성을 평가하였다. 수축기 혈압과 이완기 혈압을 결정하기 위해 MAA (Maximum Amplitude Algorithm)를 사용하였고, 적용한 특성비율은 0.436. 0.671이 었다.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.94-103
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• 1996

Background : Blood pressure is an important indicator in diagnosis and assessing treatment of a patient. Clinical staffs use blood pressure on the assumption that measured value is accurate and reliable. However, whether measured blood pressure is accurate has been rarely investigated in Korea. Objectives : The aims of this study are to evaluate clinical staffs' knowledge and technique as well as accuracy of sphygmomanometer. Also the program to improve the measurement is developed. Methods : Seventy-three registered nurses were asked nine multiple choice questions including Korotkoff sound, cuff size, and deflation rate. Simultaneously characteristics of nurses were examined, age, working place, duration of employment and academic degree. A testing videotape(Standardizing Measurement Video-Tutored Course) was used for evaluating the accuracy of measurement. Testees were to read and record the 12 cases of blood pressure measurement, watching a falling mercury column and hearing Korotkoff sounds. After 10 minutes' education, they were again tested with the same cases. Additionally, 83 mercury sphygmomanometers were checked to find defects such as inaccurate calibration and zero setting, leaky bladder, etc. Results: For the knowledge testing correct response rate was 41.1%. They were the lowest in selecting the proper cuff size and Korotkoff sound. In examining accuracy of blood pressure with videotape, nurses had 67.7% correct response rate. The correct response rate was significantly improved by a session of education. About 23% of sphygmomanometers was without discernable defects. Conclusion : The knowledge and skill of clinical staffs along with the accuracy of equipment have to be improved. A properly designed education program would contribute to the accuracy improvement of blood pressure measurement. Also, more concerns should be given to the precision and maintenance of equipment.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.1131-1132
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• 2013

Background: Upper tract transitional cell carcinomas (UTCC) are relatively uncommon but prognosis is generally worse than TCC of bladder. Methods: Between March 2004 and June 2012, patients with initial non-metastatic UTCC were assessed in the Medical Oncology and Urology Departments of Ataturk Training and Research Hospital. Results: A total of 11 patients with initially non-metastatic UTCC were detected in the 8 year period, all males. Median age of was 62 (range, 38-74). Six lesions were located in the renal pelvis and 5 in the ureter. Nephroureterectomy was performed in 9 patients, and distal ureterectomy and cuff excision of the bladder in the remaining 2. The majority (n= 9) had high grade tumors. Median primary tumor diameter was 3.5 cm (range, 0.7-10). Five patients (45.5%) were stage I, 2 (18.2%) were stage II, and 4 (36.4%) were stage III. While adjuvant chemotherapy was not applied for stage I and II disease (n= 7), 4 to 6 courses were applied for 3 of the stage III patients. Also one stage III case received adjuvant radiotherapy. Up to 100 months follow-up, median overall survival was 13 months (range, 5-100 months). While stage I and II patients are following-up without muscle-invasive progression, 2 of stage III patients demonstrated progression. Conclusion: We need more collaborative studies to determine management of especially pT3-pT4 patients with UTCC.