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Improving Accurate Blood Pressure Cuff Allocation in Patients with Obesity: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Accurate noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) measurement requires use of an appropriately sized cuff. We aimed to improve the perioperative allocation of NIBP cuffs in patients with Class II–III obesity. In the baseline evaluation, we measured the mid-arm circumference (MAC) of 40 patients with BMI &g...

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Autores principales: Eley, Victoria, Khoo, Aaron, Woods, Christine, van Zundert, Andre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8000816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33805771
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9030323