Remote Ischaemic Preconditioning in Childhood Cancer

The intervention RIPC protocol will be performed each time by three cycles of inflation of a blood pressure cuff placed over the arm or leg of your child, where deemed to cause minimal discomfort, to 15 mmHg above the systolic blood pressure for 5 minutes followed by 5 minutes of cuff deflation to 0 mmHg.

Placement of blood pressure cuff without inflation for 30 minutes.