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A cuff located below the level of the heart will overestimate the blood pressure at the heart level (20cm below the heart will read 15mmHg higher than the pressure at the heart). Equally, a cuff located above the heart will underestimate the pressure at the heart level (20cm above the heart will be 15mmHg lower than the pressure at the heart) refl.in/j4
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A cuff that is too narrow overestimates blood pressure as generates lower tissue pressures than indicated. (AICM 2005 6 (12); 405-7) #ref
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