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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: 0.237s | source
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aranchelk ◴[14 Oct 24 20:34 UTC] No.41841674[source]▶
As a just-in-time bordering on chronically late individual (typical engineer), sprinting on foot or bicycle to the doctor’s office has led to some unusually high reading.
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1. kyleee ◴[14 Oct 24 23:21 UTC] No.41843258[source]▶
I always wonder to what extent coffee affects the readings as well (on top of rushing into the office, commonly up stairs).