Blood pressure is difficult to measure in a patient with-: (A) Mitral stenosis, (B) Aortic stenosis, (C) Complete heart block, (D) Atrial fibrillation
Answer is D. Ans. is 'd' i.e.. Atrial fibrillation o Since patients of atrial fibrillation have an irregularly irregidar pulse the routine oscillo-metric de\>ices would falter on BP measurement and hence the N.I.C.E. (British HTN guidelines) advise the auscultatory> method only.