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Instructions for Proper Office Blood Pressure Measurement
Conditions
 • Quiet room with comfortable temperature.
 • Before measurements:
Blood Pressure Measurement ... • Before measurements ... during and between measurements ... ambulatory BP measurement ... office #ambulatory #diagnosis
How to measure your blood pressure at home
1) PREPARE
 - Avoid caffeine, cigarettes and other stimulants
Take two or three measurements ... position during measurements ... distractions during measurements ... - Record your measurements ... bloodpressure #measurement
POCUS Reference Measurements
 • Gallbladder
 • Urinary Bladder
 • GI Tract
 • Pregnancy
 • Optic Nerve
POCUS Reference Measurements ... POCUS #Reference #Measurements ... #Ultrasound #Echocardiogram ... #Diagnosis
Aortic Measurements on Echocardiography
Aortic annulus 1.4-2.6 cm
Sinus of Valsalva 2.1-3.5 cm
Sinotubular junction 1.7-3.4 cm
Ascending Aorta 2.1-3.4
Aortic Measurements ... Aortic #Aorta #Measurements ... Echocardiography #echocardiogram ... #diagnosis #Cardiology
Oxygen Saturation - Measurement Techniques and Limitations
 • Sp02 - Cutaneous pulse oximeter
 • SaO2 Calculated
Oxygen Saturation - Measurement ... Pulse #Oximetry #Measurement ... #pulmonary #diagnosis
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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• Suggest two measurements ... severe HTN • Diagnosed ... • First diagnosed ... • Suggest two measurements ... doubling of Cr), pulmonary
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
Output #CO #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Measurement #cardiology ... #diagnosis
How to measure your blood pressure at home - Follow these steps for an accurate blood
Take two or three measurements ... position during measurements ... distractions during measurements—avoid ... • Record your measurements ... BloodPressure #Measurement
Pleural Manometry Summary
Measurement of Intrapleural Pressures and Pleural Elastance during therapeutic thoracentesis can be used to
Manometry Summary Measurement ... of re-expansion pulmonary ... pleural pressure measurement ... Pleural #Manometry #diagnosis ... #management #pulmonary
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
Pulmonary Arterial ... However, when the diagnosis ... mixed, hemodynamic measurements ... artery hypertension ... #Diagnosis #PACatheter