Korotkoff sounds

Blood pressure measurement using the auscultatory method based on the (first) Korotkoff-sound

Korotkoff sounds are the sounds that medical personnel listen for when they are taking blood pressure using a non-invasive procedure. They are named after Nikolai Korotkov, a Russian physician who discovered them in 1905,[1] when he was working at the Imperial Medical Academy in St. Petersburg, the Russian Empire.[2]

  1. ^ Roy Porter (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine. Cambridge University Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-521-00252-3.
  2. ^ Shevchenko YL, Tsitlik JE (1996). "90th Anniversary of the development by Nikolai S. Korotkoff of the auscultatory method of measuring blood pressure". Circulation. 94 (2): 116–118. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.94.2.116. PMID 8674166.