کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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2669639 | 1141163 | 2011 | 8 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
![عکس صفحه اول مقاله: Postanesthesia Patients With Large Upper Arm Circumference: Is Use of an “Extra-long” Adult Cuff or Forearm Cuff Placement Accurate? Postanesthesia Patients With Large Upper Arm Circumference: Is Use of an “Extra-long” Adult Cuff or Forearm Cuff Placement Accurate?](/preview/png/2669639.png)
The purpose of this study was to determine if blood pressure (BP) measured in the forearm or with an extra-long BP cuff in the upper arm accurately reflects BP measured in the upper arm with an appropriately sized BP cuff in patients with large upper arm circumference. A method-comparison design was used with a convenience sample of 49 PACU patients. Noninvasive blood pressures were obtained in two different locations (forearm; upper arm) and in the upper arm with an extra-long adult and recommended large adult cuff sizes. Data were analyzed by calculating bias and precision for the BP cuff size and location and Student's t-tests, with P < .0125 considered significant. Significantly higher forearm systolic ( P < .0001) and diastolic ( P < .0002) BP measurements were found compared to BP obtained in the upper arm with the reference standard BP cuff. Significantly higher systolic (t48df = 5.38, P < .0001), but not diastolic (t48df = 4.11, P < .019), BP differences were found for BP measured with the extra-long cuff at the upper arm site compared to the upper arm, reference standard BP. Findings suggest that the clinical practice of using the forearm or an extra-long cuff in the upper arm for BP measurement in post anesthesia patients with large upper arm circumferences may result in inaccurate BP values.
Journal: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - Volume 26, Issue 3, June 2011, Pages 135–142