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The guidelines for taking blood pressure state you should be sitting quietly for 5 minutes beforehand, something that almost never happens at the doctor's.
by andreareina 11mo ago
The guidelines for taking blood pressure state you should be sitting quietly for 5 minutes beforehand, something that almost never happens at the doctor's.
- hirvi74 11mo agoMine constantly asks me questions during my measurements. I thought one wasn't supposed to be talking during the readings either?
- rhyperior 11mo agoA PA explained to me once: they’re taught you have to sneak quietly into a room where the patient has been sitting in the dark listening to soothing music for 15 minutes and take their BP measurement without them noticing. Goals.
- hermitcrab 11mo agoHard not to notice the squeeze from a pressure cuff.
- nathan_douglas 11mo agoNumb the arm by having the patient sit calmly with their left arm in an ice bath.
- hermitcrab 11mo agoSitting for minutes in extreme discomfort definitely won't change your BP! ;0)
- adirelle 11mo agoYou are kidding but having hypertension issues for years, I can confirm you that tension is a highly-dynamic value that can change in few minutes for a lot of reasons. Here the standard toi
- cyanydeez 11mo agoThere's more evidence that taking with lying down is better.