Effect of standard cuff on blood pressure readings in patients with obese arms. How frequent are arms of a 'large circumference'?

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 101-106

  Fonseca Reyes, Salvador ^a,b   De Alba García, Javier García ^a   Parra Carrillo, José Z ^a   Paczka Zapata, José Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arm circumference; Blood pressure measurement; Clinic blood pressure; Miscuffing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0042383309     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200306000-00002     Document Type: Article

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