An adult patient's blood pressure was obtained using an adult cuff at 2 PM and 3 PM, and the readings were 124/80 and 128/82
A pediatric blood pressure cuff was used to obtain the patient's blood pressure at 4 PM because the adult cuff was not available. The patient's blood pressure reading at 4 PM is most likely to be a. within the same range. c. erroneously high.
b. slightly, but not significantly, lower. d. erroneously low.
C
Using a blood pressure cuff that is too short or too narrow will result in an inaccurately high reading. Because the patient's blood pressure was taken at 4 PM using a pediatric cuff, which is probably too short and too narrow, the reading is most likely to be erroneously high. A blood pressure cuff that is too long or too wide will give a reading that is inaccurately low.
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