PEDIATRICS Vol. 81 No. 2 February 1988, pp. 328-329
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Blood Pressure Cuff Confusion

JENNIFER LOGGIE MD1

1 Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Elland and Bethesda Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229

To the Editor.—

Since the report of the Second Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children (Pediatrics 1987;79:1-25) was published, several individuals have asked me (1) why we changed the recommendation for cuff size from one that covers two thirds to one that covers three quarters of the upper arm and (2) what data formed the basis for this change in recommendations?

When I reread the published report to verify cuff size recommendations, it appeared to me that somewhere along the line a transcription error had taken place.