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| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2006 | Volume
: 52
| Issue : 2 | Page : 136-138 |
Skin necrosis in a critically ill patient due to a blood pressure cuff
Mohan P Devbhandari, Z Shariff, AJ Duncan
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, United Kingdom
Correspondence Address:
Mohan P Devbhandari
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool
United Kingdom
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PMID: 16679680 
The non-invasive method of blood pressure measurement is regarded as a safe procedure and the reports of any serious complications are rare. We report a unique case of extensive skin necrosis due to an intermittently inflating blood pressure cuff in a 65-year-old critically ill lady following a third time redo mitral valve surgery. A brief review of the literature on complications associated with noninvasive method of measurement of blood pressure is presented along with possible mechanisms of skin injury and ways to avoid it.
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