Discrepancies between direct and indirect blood pressure measurements using various recommendations for arm cuff selection

Pediatrics

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 920-923

  Clark, Jeff A ^a   Lieh Lai, Mary W ^a   Sarnaik, Ashok ^a   Mattoo, Tej K ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Children; Cuff size; Measurement; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CUFF; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIAL ARTERY; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0036843885     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.5.920     Document Type: Article

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