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Podcast #249: Detecting Pulses
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:03:07
Publish Date: 2017-09-10 11:00:00
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Author:  Jared Scott, M.D.

Educational Pearls

  • Overall, medical providers are bad at detecting pulses.
  • However, only 2% of patients do not have a detectable DP pulse.
  • In one study, for patients with limb claudication, there was only about 50% agreement on the presence of a DP pulse.

References: Brearley et al. Peripheral pulse palpation: an unreliable physical sign. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 1992
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