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Spivak ◴[14 Oct 24 19:34 UTC] No.41841036[source]▶

Honestly I'm not sure what a single point-in-time reading even accomplishes. I've been hooked up to a continuous blood pressure monitor a few times and it's always fun to see how low I can get it. It seems pretty useless without seeing where it fluctuates over time not in a doctor's office.

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iwaztomack ◴[14 Oct 24 19:52 UTC] No.41841207[source]▶

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How do these work? You can't stay compressed all the time? Is it intravenal?

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1. Spivak ◴[14 Oct 24 19:55 UTC] No.41841243[source]▶

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The ones I've been hooked up to just compress every few minutes so not terribly fancy.

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