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sphygmomanometer
(redirected from Pressure cuff)

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sphygmomanometer [¦sfig·mō·mə′näm·əd·ər]
(medicine)
An instrument for measuring the arterial blood pressure.


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I like to be technologically up to date," said Allegro, sitting next to the monitor that looks something like a telephone answering machine with an attachment to the blood pressure cuff and the scales.
In response to the letter from David Sherman in which he describes the difficulty of measuring blood pressure in patients whose upper arms are too large for conventional blood pressure cuffs ("Manufacturers Can Solve Our Blood Pressure Cuff Problem," November 2006: 540), I would like to comment.
Excessive endotracheal tube cuff pressures have clearly been shown to contribute to airway injury, and the use of conventional high volume, low pressure cuffs decreases the incidence of postintubation stenosis.
 
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