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  • BP measurements inaccurate with undercuffing, overcuffing (Amount wrong varies from -3.6 to 19.5 mm Hg)

    08/10/2023 8:49:11 AM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 42 replies
    Medical Xpress / HealthDay / JAMA Internal Medicine ^ | Aug. 8, 2023 | Elana Gotkine / Junichi Ishigami et al / Mathias Lalika et al
    Miscuffing results in inaccurate blood pressure (BP) measurements, according to a study. Junichi Ishigami, M.D., M.P.H. and colleagues examined the effects of using a regular BP cuff versus an appropriately sized BP cuff on automated BP readings in a randomized crossover trial of community-dwelling adults. A total of 195 adults underwent four sets of triplicate BP measurements, using an appropriate, too-small, or too-large BP cuff in random order, followed by a fourth set with an appropriate BP cuff. The difference in mean BP when measured with a regular BP cuff compared to an appropriate BP cuff was assessed as the...