Arterial blood pressure estimative in children from one to six years old with special referente to the width of the cuff
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https://doi.org/10.1590/0080-6234198802200300353Keywords:
Blood pressure, ChildrenAbstract
The author presents means and dispersion's mesures - standards deviations and percentiles - of systolic and diastolic pressures in children from one to six years old. The use of a cuff whose width equals the diameter of the child's arm plus an 20% increase was established. The study evidences a significant influence of this width upon the arterial blood pressure readings. So, when a narrower cuff was emplovedn, the average values of the systolic and diastolic pressures were overestimated and when a cuff large than the established one was used, they were underestimated.Downloads
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1988-12-01
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Martins, D. M. R. (1988). Arterial blood pressure estimative in children from one to six years old with special referente to the width of the cuff. Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 22(3), 353-370. https://doi.org/10.1590/0080-6234198802200300353