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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: 0.207s | source
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modeless ◴[14 Oct 24 20:41 UTC] No.41841752[source]▶
I can lower the results by 10-20 points just by breathing deeply during the reading.
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1. rscho ◴[14 Oct 24 21:46 UTC] No.41842357[source]▶
Yes, everyone can do that to some extent.