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I recently was on an interfacility transport; the patient was a female who was having a stroke and was being transferred to a stroke center. As I started to put BP cuff on her left hand she told me I couldn't use that hand because years ago she had stroke and two aneurysms which affected that side. So we ended up using her right hand.
Medic I was working it said the pt. was right but couldn't explain me why. I tried to search for info but all I was getting are articles about connections between CVA and HTN and such, not about BP measurements.
I read that aneurysms can lead to unequal BP readings on opposite hands, but patient's aneurysms were in the past and I think they were taken care of; also, what does her past stroke have to do with it?
Medic I was working it said the pt. was right but couldn't explain me why. I tried to search for info but all I was getting are articles about connections between CVA and HTN and such, not about BP measurements.
I read that aneurysms can lead to unequal BP readings on opposite hands, but patient's aneurysms were in the past and I think they were taken care of; also, what does her past stroke have to do with it?