Your arm position could change your blood pressure measurement, study says
How your arm is positioned when you get your blood pressure checked can make a big difference in the reading, a new study ...
Certain arm positions commonly used for blood pressure checks may lead to inaccurate results. Here’s the right way to do it
A new study found that having your arm in the wrong position during blood pressure checks — either at home or the doctor’s ...
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During blood pressure check, there's a right way and wrong way to hold your arm, study finds
The blood pressure cuff should be positioned at mid-heart level ... Dr. Matthew Tomey, a cardiologist at Mount Sinai Fuster ...
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UMass hospital cuts heart failure readmissions in half
Southbridge, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health-Harrington Hospital reduced the all-cause 30-day readmission for heart failure patients by 50% as part of a remote patient monitoring program with ...
Faulty blood pressure readings may lead to inflated diagnosis, study finds
Researchers concluded that improper arm position could result in 40 to 54 million people being misclassified as having hypertension.
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Certain arm positions commonly used for blood pressure checks may lead to inaccurate results. Here’s the right way to do it
A greater vertical distance between the heart and where the cuff ... Women’s Hospital, who was not involved in the new study. “In the 30 minutes before you take your blood pressure, you ...