Noninvasive blood pressure measurement in the upper and lower limbs of anaesthetized children |
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Authors: | Short J A |
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Affiliation: | Department of Anaesthesia, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, UK. |
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Abstract: | A group of 50 children, aged 5 months to 15 years, and who were undergoing routine surgery under general anaesthesia, were studied to investigate the difference in noninvasive blood pressure readings obtained from inflatable cuffs placed on the upper arm and the lower leg. In contrast to adult data, it was found that the blood pressure measured from the leg in children aged 8 years and under, was significantly lower than that measured from the arm. The leg cuff measurements could not, however, be reliably used to predict arm blood pressure. |
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Keywords: | noninvasive blood pressure anaesthesia children |
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