What to do when faced with an unmeasurable ambulatory blood pressure?
If ambulatory blood pressure measurement is not possible because the upper-arm circumference is so great that even the largest cuff provided with the monitor will not encircle the arm, satisfactory measurements can be obtained by applying a cuff to the forearm.
Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland. eobrien@iol.ie
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D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged