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
Blood pressure readings may not be accurate unless a person ... a pediatrician and epidemiologist and medical director of the ...
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Blood Pressure Readings Can Be Overestimated if Arm Is Not Positioned Correctly
An inaccurate reading due to poor arm position could lead to misdiagnosis of high blood pressure or unnecessary treatment. As ...
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You’ve probably been checking your blood pressure wrong your whole life
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine say accurate blood ... and diastolic pressure by 4 points. Dr. Tammy Brady — a pediatrician epidemiologist and medical director of the pediatric ...
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Standard Blood Pressure Tests Lead to Incorrect Results, New Research Shows—Here's How to Fix It
If you also suffer from white coat syndrome (thank you, anxiety), you might be accustomed to the nurse testing your blood ...
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 new study found that having your arm in the wrong position during blood pressure checks — either ... of Medicine and medical director of the pediatric hypertension program at Johns Hopkins ...
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You’ve probably been checking your blood pressure wrong your whole life
They’re up in arms! Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine say accurate blood pressure readings depend on proper arm ...