SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A NON-SUPINE EXTREMITY BLOOD PRESSURE RATIO EXAMINATION

摘要

The present invention provides methods that facilitate the determination of a hydrostatic correction factor usable in an EBPR examination of a patient in a non-supine position. In one embodiment, a method for facilitating the determination of a hydrostatic correction factor for an extremity blood pressure ratio examination of a patient in a non-supine position includes establishing the vertical distance between first and second blood pressure measuring devices positionable on first and second extremities of the patient based on an empirically derived formula and determining a hydrostatic correction factor for the extremity blood pressure ratio examination based on the vertical distance. In this regard, the formula for the vertical distance may be based on a percentage of the height of the patient.