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Continuous direct and indirect blood pressure measurement (Finapres) in the critically ill
Author(s) -
FARQUHAR I. K.
Publication year - 1991
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.1365-2044.1991.tb09922.x
Subject(s) - medicine , critically ill , blood pressure , anesthesia , cuff , critical closing pressure , intensive care medicine , surgery
Summary Continuous noninvasive blood pressure measurement is of great potential use in the critically ill. This study was designed to find out whether measurements of blood pressure by a Finapres accurately represented intra‐arterial pressure. Comparisons were made between readings from a radial artery line and from a Finapres finger cuff in 10 critically ill patients. There was an unpredictable but usually stable difference between measurements from the two sources; this difference varied in magnitude and direction in individual patients. A t present the Finapres cannot be recommended as a substitute for intra‐arterial blood pressure measurement in the critically ill.