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Commonly used arm positions can overestimate blood pressure readings: study

(medicalxpress.com)
330 points wglb | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 17:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.223s | source
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WarOnPrivacy ◴[14 Oct 24 19:42 UTC] No.41841110[source]▶
Automated BP cuffs painfully over-inflate; my BP is 20+/15+ higher when they're used.

I ask nurses to take my BP manually.

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1. SirMaster ◴[14 Oct 24 19:52 UTC] No.41841210[source]▶
Hmm, I find that the tighter the cuff goes, the lower my reading goes...