When taking blood pressure with a manual cuff, inflate it to about 30 mm Hg above the patient's at-rest or estimated systolic pressure (the pressure at which the radial pulse disappears). This high enough inflation is necessary to ensure the measurement is accurate, particularly to avoid missing an abnormal "oscillatory gap" and to capture the systolic reading accurately.
When taking blood pressure, the cuff should be inflated to _______?
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