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  1. Blood pressure measurement in obese patients: non-invasive proximal forearm versus direct intra-arterial measurements

    Blood pressure measurement in obese patients: non-invasive proximal forearm versus direct intra-arterial measurements

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: A Verkhovsky --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa M Smit --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa A Levin --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa JF Coetzee --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa
    Background: In obesity, accurate perioperative blood pressure measurement using upper arm, non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) is technically challenging. Proximal forearm NIBP may be an acceptable substitute. Mean arterial blood pressures (MAP) estimated by proximal forearm NIBP were compared with direct...
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