Answer is option A. True.
Auscultatory gap means it is a period of diminished or absent
Korotkoff sound during manual measurement of blood pressure. Due to
improper interpretation of this gap it can cause underestimated
systolic blood pressure and overestimated diastolic blood pressure.
To avoid missing of this gap, the radial artery is palpated while
the cuff pressure is rapidly increased to a level of 30 mmHg above
the disappearance of the pulse followed by auscultation for the
Korotkoff sounds during slow deflation of the cuff pressure at 2 to
3 mmHg/ second. This is called as auscultatory- palpatory
technique.
O False Question 7 To avoid incorrectly assessing the systolic blood pressure due to the auscultatory gap, the ausc...
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