Skin necrosis in a critically ill patient due to a blood pressure cuff

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-138

  Devbhandari, M P ^a   Shariff, Z ^a   Duncan, A J ^a  

^a BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure cuff; Skin necrosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN INJURY; SKIN NECROSIS;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECROSIS; OSCILLOMETRY; SKIN;

EID: 33646548904     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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