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Can't Hear Childs Blood pressureRating: (votes: 2) Are you using a pediatric sized cuff? Comment:
As a former pedi nurse I found a cardiac stethescope very helpful.
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Our nurses get the BP on my son every 4 hours and I would say that half of them have a really hard time with it. He is very tiny for 4 with pudgy little arms and weaker than you would expect pulses. I can only get his BP about 80% of the time on the first try. I use either my pediatric stethoscope or the small side of my cardiology one and I generally need a good deal of pressure to get enough contact to hear it. I usually can't hear it at all if he has stiffened up but it sounds like your little guy is pretty relaxed for this. I also have the gauge unattached from the cuff and just laying on the bed.
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