Abstract An arterial line provides a method of constantly measuring a critically ill patient's blood pressure. ... The critically ill patient can often have massive abnormalities of their blood pressure; an arterial line provides a method of constantly measuring blood pressure. ... Darovic and Franklin (1999) also state that non-invasive blood pressure monitoring techniques are dependant on the blood flow within the body part used for the pressure measurement. They point out that in all non-invasive methods of blood pressure monitoring the systolic pressure found will be up to...

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The short-term effect of marijuana will increase blood pressure and pulse rate up to 16 points above normal. ... People who smoke marijuana often will have a below normal pulse rate and blood pressure. ... A user may not even need to be high to experience that, if the person stands up quickly they may faint. (Mathew, RJ) Marijuana reduces mobility of sperm in males. ... You could develop lung cancer or a dangerously low blood pressure. ...

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