Working groups

Objectives

This WG is aimed to benchmark, assess and select suitable devices for office BP monitoring in children and adolescents that fulfil the overall criteria of the universally acceptable standard (AAMI/ESH/ISO).

Specific Tasks

T1.1.

Define the criteria to benchmark the different BP measurement devices according to the different BP measurements and BP methods.

T1.2.

Analyse the criteria for validation and the clinical issues affecting the validation procedure.

T1.3.

Generate a map of equivalences among most used BP measurement devices available on the market.

T1.4.

Evaluate new device proposals in order to find out its potential in non-intrusive, non-stigmatizing BP measurement platforms.

T1.5.

Analyse and agree on the new developments to fill the present gaps among clinical practitioners and decision-makers as well as the industrial partners.

Key results

D1.1.

Benchmark report according to the different BP methods and measurements.

D1.2.

Guide for device accuracy and quality criteria for the main specific use in children and adolescents.

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Prof-Stella-Stabouli

Prof Stella Stabouli

WG1 Leader.
Blood pressure measurement DEVICES

Stella Stabouli is Associate Professor of Pediatrics-Pediatric Nephrology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is a member of the Editorial Board of scientific journals in the field of pediatric nephrology and hypertension and she has authored more than 100 scientific publications with more than 2,500 citations.

Dr.-Javier-Calpe-Maravilla-(WG1-Vice-Leader) - HyperChildNET

Dr Javier Calpe Maravilla

WG1 Vice Leader.
Blood pressure measurement DEVICES

Javier Calpe has a PhD in Physics from the University of Valencia (Spain) where he teaches in an MSc program on Biomedical Eng. He works for Analog Devices, Inc and his main fields of interest are biomedical instrumentation, biomedical signal processing, and hyperspectral sensors and processing.

WG members

Nikos Karpettas

Cyprus

European University Cyprus

Javier Calpe Maravilla

USA

Analog Devices Inc

Karel Herberigs

The Netherlands

OMRON Healthcare Europe BV

Deepu John

Ireland

University College Dublin

Dr Gilad HAMDANI

Israel

Scneider’s Children Medical

Prof Stella STABOULI

Greece

Aristoltle University

Dr Panagiotis PETROU

Cyprus

University of Nicosia

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