Lesson of the week: The trouble with blood pressure cuffs

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7668, 2008, Pages 515-516

  Bellamy, J E ^a   Pugh, H ^a   Sanders, D J ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NAUSEA; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYPOTENSION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREGNANCY; STANDARD;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PREGNANCY; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 51249083245     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39577.688229.47     Document Type: Article

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