Spacelabs 5200 - Medaval

Description:

The Spacelabs 5200 is an ambulatory blood pressure monitor. Although its blood pressure measurement technology has been evaluated, it is not possible to base a determination on its accuracy from this research. Blood pressure measurements are taken from the upper arm. It is intended for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. This device is now obsolete.

Assessment:

The technology used in the Spacelabs 5200, to measure blood pressure, has been assessed, in a general population, according to a non-standard protocol.

Recommendations:

	Accuracy Assessment	Recommendation	Basis
BP	Medaval	None	When an evaluation is carried out using a non-standard protocol, no inference can be made on accuracy based on a standard protocol.

Validation Publications:

Mora-Macià J, Ocón Pujadas J. Validación de un modelo de aparato automático de registro de la presión arterial ambulatoria: el Spacelabs 5200. [Validation of a model of an automatic device for the ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure: the Spacelab 5200.] Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Mar 7;98(9):321-4. PMID: 1583958. In Spanish.

Ad Hoc protocol General population

Relevant Publications:

Light KC, Obrist PA, Cubeddu LX. Evaluation of a new ambulatory blood pressure monitor (Accutracker 102): laboratory comparisons with direct arterial pressure, stethoscopic auscultatory pressure, and readings from a similar monitor (Spacelabs Model 5200). Psychophysiology. 1988 Jan;25(1):107-16. PMID: 3353479.

Measurements from the Spacelabs 5200 are compared to those from the Accutracker 102, though not in a formal validation.