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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Blood pressure measurement The blood pressure should be measured with the arm supported and the cubital fossa at the level of the heart. The stethoscope bell is placed over the brachial artery pulse below the bottom edge of the cuff, which should be about 2 cm above the cubital fossa. Adapted from Update on the 1987 Task Force Report on High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents: A working group report from the National High Blood Pressure Education Program. Pediatrics 1996; 98:649.