A Simple Device to Control Valsalva Manoeuvre Strain Pressure; a Letter to Editor
Journal Title: Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
We read with interest the article by Motamedi and colleagues about the use of a hand held manometer to measure strain pressure during Valsalva manoeuvre (VM) treatment of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) (1). We also used a manometer in our study (REVERT) of a postural modification of the VM and are currently investigating the use of a simple, single patient use device to control VM strain pressure, NCT number: NCT03298880 (2, 3). Such a device would be useful as blood pressure manometers are not always available and cannot be left with patients and other methods of generating the recommended strain such as syringes have been shown to be unreliable (4).
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