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*'''Advantages'''+**Good in dogs.+**Automatic.+*'''Disadvantages'''+**Less reliable in cats and hypotensive patients.+**Expensive.+
#As it deflates, oscillation in the cuff is detected.
#As it deflates, oscillation in the cuff is detected.
*Measures systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressure as well as pulse rate.
*Measures systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressure as well as pulse rate.
−'''Advantages'''
−*Good in dogs.
−*Automatic.
−'''Disadvantages'''
−*Less reliable in cats and hypotensive patients.
−*Expensive.
==Invasive Methods==
==Invasive Methods==