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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: 0.001s | source
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tired-turtle ◴[14 Oct 24 19:33 UTC] No.41841028[source]▶
Blood pressure measurements at the doctor are the bane of my (medical) existence. Mix minor white coat syndrome with time blindness and you suddenly have high blood pressure because you barreled up the stairs to the second floor office moments before the nurse took a reading.

My doctor was initially befuddled because by all other metrics I am in good health, but it’s amazing how you can go from 90/55 at home to 140/75 at the office. We do the measurement at the end of the appointment now to varying success.

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1. bluGill ◴[14 Oct 24 21:41 UTC] No.41842319[source]▶
Weird, I ride my bike to the doctor, my heart rate is often elevated from the ride and my blood pressure is still normal (barely above low - though I've had enough different tests over the years to believe that exercise is having nearly zero effect)