Taking BP in Both Arms
June 19, 2012 | Terry Sharrer
Researchers at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (Exeter and Plymouth, England) studied hypertensive patients and found that 24% of them had a 10mmHg difference in blood pressure between the right and left arms. 9% more had a 15 mmHg difference. This suggests that about one third of blood pressure measurements are wrong, even when properly conducted on one arm. MORE