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ArticleJournal of hypertension2025

Accuracy of the smartphone blood pressure measurement solution OptiBP to track blood pressure changes in pregnant women.

Pedro Almeida, Alexia Cuénoud, Harry Hoang, Alexandra Othenin-Girard, Nadia Salhi, Andreas Köthe, Urvan Christen, Patrick Schoettker

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Pedro AlmeidaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital.
Alexia CuénoudDepartment of Anesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital.
Harry HoangUniversity of Lausanne.
Alexandra Othenin-GirardDepartment of Anesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital.
Nadia SalhiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital.
Andreas KötheBiospectal SA, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Urvan ChristenBiospectal SA, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Patrick SchoettkerDepartment of Anesthesiology, Lausanne University Hospital.

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introductionHypertensive disorders present significant morbidity and mortality during pregnancy. Although ambulatory blood pressure measurement remains the standard of care for normotensive women, self-monitoring at home is increasingly prevalent. The widespread use of smartphones worldwide has sparked interest in mobile applications that leverage the built-in hardware for blood pressure estimation, yet few trials have assessed their accuracy.

methodsThis prospective, longitudinal and monocentric study evaluated the accuracy of the OptiBP algorithm against standard oscillometric blood pressure measurements in a sample of pregnant women. Patients scheduled for elective caesarean sections were enrolled during the preoperative anesthesia consultations. Paired blood pressure measurements using OptiBP and the reference method were obtained at multiple time-points in late pregnancy and the postpartum period. Agreement between methods was assessed using the AAMI/ESH/ISO 81060-2:2018 standard thresholds of 5 ± 8 mmHg for mean ± standard deviation of the error (criterion 1) and patient-specific standard deviation of the mean error (criterion 2) and represented graphically by Bland-Altman scatterplots.

resultsForty-eight women were enrolled of which 32 completed the protocol, yielding 338 total valid measurement pairs. Mean and standard deviation of the error were -1.78 ± 7.94 and 1.19 ± 7.59, and the patient-specific standard deviation of the mean error was 4.68 and 4.52, for SBP and DBP, respectively.

conclusionCompared with blood pressure measurements taken with an oscillometric device, OptiBP's blood pressure estimates meet the AAMI/ESH/ISO 81060-2:2018 criteria.

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Blood PressureBlood Pressure DeterminationBlood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatorySmartphoneAdultAlgorithmsFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesPregnancyProspective Studies

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PMID39927734
PMCPMC11872272

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