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Impact of cuff positioning on blood pressure measurement accuracy: may a specially designed cuff make a difference?
During blood pressure (BP) measurement, the recommended positioning of the cuff bladder center is directly above the brachial artery. We investigated the relevance of incorrect cuff positioning during (1) auscultatory measurement with an appropriate or improperly small cuff and (2) oscillometric mea...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506235/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28077860 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hr.2016.184 |