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The study was conducted at the HAWC Clinic in Reno, Nevada and a pharmacyin Sparks, Nevada. The focus of the study was to validate the accuracy of themethodology used in the FDA approved medical device, blood pressure system,installed at many local businesses and pharmacies as well as throughout thenation and world.
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Digital and electronic methodology of the CSI health system was comparedto the manual ausculatory method for accurate analysis of blood pressuremonitoring using the standards established by ANSI/AAMI SP 10.
Two assisting investigators teamed with Dr. Buxton at the pharmacy and theHAWC clinic where patients were randomly approached and asked to have theirblood pressure taken after a brief survey to determine eligibility. TheBland-Altman of Systolic Diastolic Pressure standards were used to determinethe "Difference vs Average" graphical readings with manual mercury ausculatorymethodology used as the standard.
The 157 volunteers in the study had their blood pressure and heart ratescreened by the CSI Health Station and simultaneously, manually by Dr. Buxtonand his team.
The participants had no previous cardiac disease history and wereconnected to the CSI Health Station using an adult sized arm-cuff. The bloodpressure measurement technique CSI developed is patented and uses the threeaccepted non-invasive measurement techniques; ausculatory (sound),oscillometric (pressure) and pattern identification to analyze 40,000-60,000samples to determine a single blood pressure result.
Dr. Buxton announced at the conclusion of the study, "It is clear, the CSI6K instrument measures blood pressure accurately based on the comparisons tothe ausculatory method as prescribed by ANSI/AAMI SP 10 standards. Moreover,the CSI 6K is precise because we found measurements to be repeatable."
About Computerized Screening, Inc. CSI is a medical device manufacturer,located in Reno, Nevada. Established in 1978, the medical device companyemerged from a mission to offer affordable, accurate blood pressure and heartrate testing for non-clinical settings. CSI is dedicated to provide healthassessment tools and information that encourages wellness and preventativehealthcare. They can be reached at 1-800-553-9230,http://www.computerized-screening.com.
About University of Nevada As the state's only public medical school, theUniversity of Nevada School of Medicine has been meeting statewide healthcare,educational, and clinical needs since 1969. The School of Medicineencompasses 16 clinical medical education departments, including FamilyMedicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Surgery andPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as five nationally recognizeddepartments within basic science including microbiology and biomedicalengineering. As the largest multi-specialty healthcare focus within thestate, the School of Medicine employs more than 185 doctors who both teach andpractice medicine throughout Nevada. The school's statewide faculty physicianpractice group has a combined 25 different medical specialties the sevenphysician practice offices located in the Reno-Sparks area and five physicianoffices located in Las Vegas.
The University of Nevada School of Medicine utilizes a best-practiceapproach to medicine and is committed to addressing the health needs of Nevadanow and in the future. For more information, please visithttp://www.unr.edu/med.
SOURCE Computerized Screening, Inc.
