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

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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.

An Adult Patient's Blood Pressure Was Obtained Using an Adult