![]() ![]() Most practitioners find measuring bladder and arm circumference to be overly time consuming, so they don’t do it. recommending that the bladder length and width (the inflatable portion of the cuff) should be 80 percent and 40 percent respectively, of arm circumference. The American Heart Association publishes guidelines for blood pressure measurement . A BP cuff that is too large will give falsely low readings, while an overly small cuff will provide readings that are falsely high. The most common error when using indirect blood pressure measuring equipment is using an incorrectly sized cuff. Here’s what many of us do wrong, and how to take a blood pressure reading: 1. Not factoring in electronic units correctly. ![]() Quick Clip: Tips for taking a patient’s blood pressure ![]()
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