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How to Choose Sphygmomanometer in a Right Way

April 7, 2010 by jie

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It is a matter of concern to hypertensive patients that how to measure the blood pressure with blood pressure monitor accurately. I often hear people discuss that blood pressure monitor is not accurate, each time the data is not the same; there are a lot of blood pressure monitora brands, how to choose one?

  • Blood pressure has become the health treatment for the family, what effect it is in the family medical care?

Domestic medical care has become a fashion for medical care for modern people. In the past, people had to go to the hospital if they wanted to measure their blood pressure, but now as long as you have electronic blood pressure monitor, you can monitor the changes of your blood pressure at any time at home.

  • There are so many trademarks of electronic blood pressure monitors, how to select a approving one?

There are 3 forms of electronic blood pressure monitors, firstly,an arm-style one, and secondly, the wrist-style one and thirdly a finger-style one.

These three forms of blood pressure monitors all apply to healthy people. But particularly, the wrist-style and finger-style electronic blood pressure monitor do not apply to patients suffering from blood circulation disorder. Like diabetes, thrombophilia and high blood pressure, these diseases should accelerate arteriosclerosis, and cause block of blood on the end of vessels. There must be a big difference between measurement of blood pressure taken on the waist or finger and arm. Suggested that these patients and the elderly should be selected arm electronic blood pressure monitor to use. In addition, field measurements should be take before buying, in order to choose their own electronic blood pressure monitor.

  • Is electronic blood pressure monitor exact?

Electronic blood pressure monitor blood pressure measurement is accurate or not, is a focus for patients with hypertension. We should say those electronic blood pressure monitors sold on the market are mainly good and can precisely meter blood pressure. Nevertheless, the electronic blood pressure monitors with different types and brands are suitable for different blood pressure measuring range and patients. For instance, some electronic blood pressure monitor measure the systolic pressure with the upper limit of 200mm of mercury (26.7 KPa) and diastolic pressure with that of 150mm of mercury (20.0). While the upper limit of some other electronic blood pressure monitor is larger than that above. Then intelligent electronic blood pressure monitors apply more patients than non-intelligent electronic blood pressure monitors. It’s relative whether it is accurate to measure the blood pressure by the electronic blood pressure monitor. Beyond the using scope of electronic blood pressure monitor, the measurement figure may not accurate or allowed. What’s worth noticing is that at present some hospitals are using or are ready to use the electronic blood pressure monitor as the measurement appliance for clinical diagnosis of high blood pressure. We must be careful. That is to say, some electronic blood pressure monitors can not be applied clinically.

  • As consumers, how to judge the electronic blood pressure monitor well or not?

Here is a simple method the judge if the electronic blood pressure monitor is accurate or not, which is called alternating method. The method is as following: To measure the blood pressure with the mercury sphygmomanometer by the doctors for the first time; 3 minutes later, to measure it with the electronic blood pressure monitor for the second time; then 3 minutes later, to measure it with the mercury sphygmomanometer by the doctors for the third time. Take the average figure of the first time and the third as the doctor’s, then compare it with the electronic blood pressure monitor, the difference value generally should be less than 0 mm Hg (1.33 kPa). If the electronic blood pressure monitor could satisfy the above condition, you can use it safely.


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