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5.3.4 Measurement Limitations
Measurements are impossible with heart rate extremes of less than 40bpm
or greater than 240bpm.
The measurement may be inaccurate or impossible:
If a regular arterial pressure pulse is hard to detect.
With excessive and continuous animal movement such as shivering or
convulsions.
With cardiac arrhythmias Rapid blood pressure changes.
Severe shock or hypothermia that reduces blood flow to the
peripheries .
Obesity, where a thick layer of fat surrounding a limb dampens the
oscillations coming from the artery
