when patients get their blood pressure taken at the doctor’s office, the doctor requires you to sit, legs uncrossed. But what would happen if we stand up to get our blood pressure taken? can we stand? or do we have to sit? And why?
when patients get their blood pressure taken at the doctor’s office, the doctor requires you to sit, legs uncrossed. But what would happen if we stand up to get our blood pressure taken? can we stand? or do we have to sit? And why?
It is an at rest measure ( supposed to be like 10 mins inactivity ) to check your pressure when doing no work. Standing is effort and if they take it just after you stood up woukd show an increase in numbers.
Exactly. It is compared to a standard. If you change the assumptions the results are meaningless as a comparison.
120 over 80 while standing may be way too low.
Ah, that’s why they call you in from the waiting room after making you wait for at least a half hour point when your appointment was and immediately take it after you’ve just gotten up and then sat back down.
No, that’s just because your doctors office (like many) is slow.
Maybe some docs do, mine always has me sit in the exam room waiting for doc