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How NOT to take Blood Pressure …

How NOT to take Blood Pressure …. By Dr Mac. Too rapid the drop of mercury may lead to FALSELY LOW Reading. Zooommm!!. Rubber tubings placed outside of the arm do NOT detect BP properly - the big artery is NOT there.

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How NOT to take Blood Pressure …

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  1. How NOT to take Blood Pressure … By Dr Mac

  2. Too rapid the drop of mercury may lead to FALSELY LOW Reading Zooommm!!

  3. Rubber tubings placed outside of the arm do NOT detect BP properly - the big artery is NOT there.

  4. Patient is not supposed to lookat the pressure gauge - Excitement or worry makes BP to rise.

  5. A BP cuff placed higher than heart level gives FALSELY low BP

  6. Thick OR TIGHT clothing gives FALSELY LOW Blood Pressure !

  7. Too tight the cuff gives FALSELY LOW Blood Pressure ! (aside from the thick clothings and wrong tube positioning!)

  8. For arms that are small usually among the very thin ones, using normal-sized adult blood pressure cuff can give falsely low blood pressures too …

  9. Auscultatory Gap

  10. Kindly check which among these can occur at home.. Thank you. DR MAC

  11. Measuring BP•  BP should be measured twice, taken ³5 min apart. Patients should avoid eating or drinking for ³30 min before measuring BP Patients should be in a sitting position with both feet flat on the floor. 80% of the upper arm must be covered by the bladder of the BP cuff If the cuff is too small, the BP reading will be artificially high (potentially leading to inappropriate treatment). The patient’s arm should be approximately at the level of the heart.  Before diagnosing a patient with hypertension, measure the BP in both arms. • - Audio-Digest Foundation , May 6, 2010

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