Exemplos de uso de Cuff size em Inglês e suas traduções para o Português
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Colored lab coats with knitted cuff size chart.
Cuff size was selected according to arm circumference.
Comprehensive range of different cuff sizes and designs.
Cuff sizes were chosen according to the size of each subjects' limbs.
Adult, large adult and child velcro cuff sizes with pull-through strap and integrated chest piece.
The cuff size was selected according to the participant's right arm circumference AC at the midpoint between the acromion and olecranon.
In accordance with the NHBPEP recommendations,careful use of different cuff sizes in epidemiological studies is emphasized.
Different cuff sizes, based on the upper arm circumference at the time of each measurement.
The results showed a large arm circumference range,requiring several cuff sizes to avoid blood pressure measurements errors.
The lack of different cuff sizes is not a local problem as reported in many other studies.
Systolic SBP and diastolic DBP blood pressure of the children was measured using a digital blood pressure device and cuff size appropriate for the age group.
Appropriate cuff sizes were used with the cuff width approximately 40% of mid arm circumference.
Blood pressure BP was measured at least twice on the right arm using a mercury-gravity manometer with proper cuff size, with the volunteers in the seated position.
Inc., Copiague, New York, USA,11726, with the cuff size corrected through previously measurement of arm circumference.
Arm circumference was measured at the midpoint of the right upper arm, between the acromion and the olecranon process, andwas used as reference to select cuff size.
In the present study, there were in effect four cuff sizes, which demonstrates the variability of arm circumference among children.
The authors believe that efforts must be done to provide information to broaden nursing knowledge,focusing on the cuff size effect on blood pressure measurement.
The study showed that different cuff sizes are needed to cover the entire arm circumference range demanded by adolescents, adults and the aged inpatients of a general hospital.
As matter of fact, in our sample, professionals were not able to precisely associate the cuff size with BP values, and they conducted measurement without appropriate reflection.
This study contributes to nurses' knowledge regarding the discrepancies between the theoretical framework of blood pressure measurement devices and the cuff size used in practice.
Cuff size was approved according to arm circumferences of the adolescent; it was placed in right arm, 2 to 3cm above the cubital fossa, at the heart level and palm of the hand turned upward.
A contradiction between the theoretical framework andthe recommended practice remained in the most recent AHA revision for cuff size 2005, which unsuccessfully attempted to change the ratio value.
The findings shown in table 4 indicating requirement of several cuff sizes reveal discrepancy between the theoretical framework and the cuff size applied to check blood pressure in hospitalized patients.
For women, 13.5% would need a smaller cuff and 28.1% need a cuff that is larger than the standard size; therefore, 86.4% of the population would havean inadequate BP reading, when only cuff size is taken into consideration.
The discrepancies between the theoretical framework and cuff size recommendations for practice in the hypertension societies' statements lead us to check what is happening in the wards where we practice nursing care education.
A study carried out among health professionals about their knowledge on blood pressure measurement,particularly cuff size, revealed that they did not know cuffs with different size. .
After the cuff size error was observed in children, pregnant women and critical patients, the first author of this investigation raised an ethical concern about the registration of a wrong blood pressure value in a patient's record.
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure was measured, after a minimum 15-minute rest period, using automatic inflation blood pressure monitor Omron HEM-741 Model CINT, Kyoto, KYT,Japan and a cuff size that was appropriate for the arm perimeter.
For reliable verification,the equipment should be calibrated and the relation between the cuff size and the patient's arm should be adequate. On the opposite, the use of an inadequate cuff can lead to underestimated or overestimated pressure levels.
The oscillometric technique reduces errors related to the observer, and is also influenced by steps for patient preparation.This technique contributes for ranges such as the use of inappropriate cuff size, which deserves rigorous accomplishment in preparatory steps for BP measurement.