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Instructions for Proper Office Blood Pressure Measurement
Conditions
 • Quiet room with comfortable temperature.
 • Before measurements:
oscillometric) upper-arm cuff ... Cuff • Size according ... circumference (smaller cuff ... overestimates and larger cuff ... bladder of the cuff
Rotator Cuff Syndrome - SITS
Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, and Subscapularis.
Causes: Calcific supraspinatus tendinitis 
Signs: painful abduction
Rotator Cuff Syndrome ... +ve #Rotator #Cuff
How to measure Pulsus Paradoxus
 - Step 1: Take a normal manual blood pressure to determine
Inflate the BP cuff ... Step 3: Lower the cuff ... deflate out of the cuff ... Continue lowering the cuff
Assessing and referring childhood cancers #Diagnosis #PrimaryCare #Peds #ChildhoodCancers #ClinicalFeatures #Lymphoma #Wilms #Leukemia #Retinoblastoma #BMJ
cancers #Diagnosis #PrimaryCare ... #Peds #ChildhoodCancers
Types of hearing loss #Peds #PrimaryCare #Causes #HearingLoss #Conductive #Sensorineural #BMJ
hearing loss #Peds ... #PrimaryCare #Causes
Approach to Cuff Leak Test and Laryngeal Edema
A new joint practice guideline by the ATS and
Approach to Cuff ... patients without a cuff
PocketPEM - Age Appropriate Weight and Vitals #Diagnosis #Peds #EM #PrimaryCare #Normal #Weight #Vitals #PocketCard #PocketPEM
Vitals #Diagnosis #Peds ... #EM #PrimaryCare
Ventilator Alarms
Increased Rate - Patient is tiring on a weaning mode or experiencing pain/anxiety
 - Reassess
weaning mode, ETT cuff ... Auscultate trachea for cuff ... Low Pressure - Cuff ... Auscultate trachea for cuff
Trousseau's Sign of Hypocalcemia on Physical Exam

Trousseau's sign in hypocalcemia is elicited in when the hand
blood pressure cuff
Performing Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) Measurement
Sensitive and Specific + Inexpensive Test for Diagnosing PAD [In Patients
Use Appropriate Cuff ... Size Place Cuff ... limb) • Place cuff ... SBP • Inflate Cuff