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Author: Jared Scott, M.D. Educational Pearls Overall, medical providers are bad at detecting pulses. However, only 2% of patients do not have a detectable DP pulse. In one study, for patients with limb claudication, there was only about 50% agreement on the presence of a DP pulse. References: Brearley et al. Peripheral pulse palpation: an unreliable physical sign. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 1992