You’ve probably been checking your blood pressure wrong your whole life
Dr. Tammy Brady — a pediatrician epidemiologist and medical director of the pediatric hypertension program at ... And the ...
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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Could Your Blood Pressure Cuff Be Giving You the Wrong Readings? Here's What to Know
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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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You’ve probably been checking your blood pressure wrong your whole life
Dr. Tammy Brady — a pediatrician epidemiologist and medical director of the pediatric ... a surface and cuff positioned at mid-heart level. Johns Hopkins Medicine Normal blood pressure is ...
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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 is placed can increase hydrostatic pressure in the arteries, or the pressure of the blood against the wall, due to gravity’s ...