Why the study?
Does applying a blood pressure cuff to the forearm allow for satisfactory ambulatory blood pressure measurement in patients with very large upper-arm circumferences?
Population
Patients with upper-arm circumference too great for the largest available blood pressure cuff
Design
Other
Authors
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Forearm cuffing may enable ABPM in large-arm patients; leaves open prospective validation of accuracy.
Does applying a blood pressure cuff to the forearm allow for satisfactory ambulatory blood pressure measurement in patients with very large upper-arm circumferences?
Applying a blood pressure cuff to the forearm is a practical solution for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in patients with excessively large upper arms.
Eoin O’Brien (2010) studied this question.
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