High blood pressure..or armless test error?
Daily Mirror UK|October 08, 2024
PEOPLE may be misdiagnosed with high blood pressure if their arm is in the wrong position when readings are taken.
MARTIN BAGOT
High blood pressure..or armless test error?

A review looked at blood pressure readings when arms were on a desk, a lap, or hung at the patient's side.

With the arm on the lap, the systolic pressure, the top number, was overestimated by 3.9mmHg.

Diastolic was up 4mmHg on average.

This story is from the October 08, 2024 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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