To ensure BP readings are accurate, there’s a need for both a wider range of cuff sizes that match patients’ mid-arm circumference and more-consistent ways of measuring that circumference ahead of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using a regular-sized BP cuff for all adults regardless of mid-arm circumference can result in “striking” ...

Objective: To test the hypothesis that ‘normal but vulnerable’ adults, as defined by body mass index (BMI) in combination with mid-upper-arm-circumference (MUAC), are closer to normal than to ...

Strong new evidence on the need to use an appropriately sized cuff in blood pressure (BP) measurement has come from the cross-sectional randomized trial Cuff(SZ). The study found that in people in ...

Declines in mid-arm circumference (MAC) are significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality and cardiac outcomes among hemodialysis (HD) patients, a study found. The associations were ...

Higher mid-arm muscle circumference (MAMC) is a surrogate of larger lean body mass that independently predicts greater survival and mental health in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), ...

Reduction in weight, mid-arm circumference and hand-grip strength significantly correlated with the grades of all forms of toxicities. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO Annual ...

As with porridge, so with blood pressure: Just right makes all the difference. People whose mid-upper arm circumference exceeds 32 cm require larger cuffs than the standard size, but in many cases the ...