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Dinamap arm and thigh arterial pressure measurement
Author(s) -
GOLDTHORP S. L.,
CAMERON A.,
ASBURY A. J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1986.tb12749.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thigh , blood pressure , cardiology , mean arterial pressure , diastole , continuous noninvasive arterial pressure , anesthesia , heart rate , surgery
Summary Two automatic arterial pressure monitors (Model 1846 P) were used in 30 patients to measure arterial pressures and heart rates in the thigh and arm. Significant differences were found in thigh‐arm sytolic (p < 0.001) and diastolic pressures (p < 0.05). Arm pressures could be predicted from leg pressures and correction factors are suggested. Mean pressures in the thigh approximated more closely to the calculated mean pressures than in the arm. These differences were of little clinical importance.