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Blood pressure monitor-induced petechiae and ecchymoses

C F Pedley1, R L Bloomfield, M J Colflesh

  • 1Department of Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157.

A case is presented of a diabetic, hypertensive, female patient who suffers from a bleeding complication from application of an ambulatory blood pressure monitor. A recent literature search is referred to and practitioners are cautioned against this adverse reaction.

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