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Sources of Error in Office Blood Pressure Measurement

PURPOSES: To evaluate 2 commonly overlooked sources of error in measuring blood pressure (BP) in the office, improper patient positioning and frequency of terminal digit bias (TDB) using manual and automated (BP) devices. METHODS: BPs recorded by 3…

Getting the hypertension Dx right: Patient positioning matters.

Taking blood pressure with the patient seated on the edge of an exam table led to misclassification of prehypertension or hypertension in 13.2% of patients.

Tags: 2018, AMERICAN Heart Association, Blood Pressure, Carter Kimbroe J, Castro Frank, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Hypertension, Jordan Cary, LOGISTIC regression analysis, Macabobby Thomas D, Morcos Roy N, NEOMED College of Medicine, PATIENT positioning, Rodriguez Angelina, SPHYGMOMANOMETERS, The Journal of family practice, Yu Nathan

Reclining chairs reduce pain from gurneys in older emergency department patients: a randomized controlled trial.

OBJECTIVES: Pain related to the gurney is a frequent complaint of older emergency department (ED) patients. The authors hypothesized that these patients may have less pain and higher satisfaction if allowed to sit in a reclining hospital chair.…

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Sources of Error in Office Blood Pressure Measurement

Getting the hypertension Dx right: Patient positioning matters.

Reclining chairs reduce pain from gurneys in older emergency department patients: a randomized controlled trial.