A new reusable skin-protective sphygmomanometer cuff.
OBJECTIVE
Repeated blood pressure measurement with a sphygmomanometer often produces skin redness and subcutaneous bleeding in clinical settings. Recently, we have produced a new reusable skin-protective cuff with an additional sheet.


METHODS
We evaluated skin damage and blood pressure measurement accuracy when using the new cuffs. We also evaluated upper arm deformity by CT scan during cuff inflation. Pulse wave amplitude evaluation was carried out with an NIBP simulator and our original system.


RESULTS
The use of this cuff reduced subcutaneous bleeding and pain with cuff inflation and enabled accurate blood pressure measurement.


CONCLUSIONS
We produced a new skin protective reusable sphygmomanometer cuff.
Gi
Eri
E
Department of Anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University, Chuo-ku, Hokkaido, Japan. eri@sapmed.ac.jp
Watanabe
Hiroaki
H
Sugino
Shigekazu
S
Kawae
Tada-Aki
TA
Namiki
Akiyoshi
A
D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D004867:Equipment Design; D017743:Equipment Reuse; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries; D019722:Sphygmomanometers / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed
Anesth Analg. 1999 Jul;89(1):240-2
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