Basic monitoring Why does the Koroikoff sound disappear if you reduce the cuff pressure during manometric noninvasive bl

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Basic monitoring Why does the Koroikoff sound disappear if you reduce the cuff pressure during manometric noninvasive bl

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Why does the Koroikoff sound disappear if you reduce the cuff pressure during manometric
noninvasive blood pressure measurement (choose one right answer)
- the turbulent flow is changed into laminar flow, this creates no further sound
- the flow sound is too low to be detectable
- the diastolic pressure changes laminar into turbulent flow
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