blood pressure (BP)

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Epidemiology

  • BP increases more rapidly in women than in men, beginning early in life[19]

Physiology

* also see sleep & blood pressure

Clinical significance

blood pressure variability

* huge study, adults age 30 & older, 5 year follow-up[8]

Procedure

  • caffeine, exercise & smoking should be avoided > 30 minute prior to BP measurement
  • the patient should be seated quietly for 5 minutes in a chair with feet on the floor (not on an examination table)
  • BP measurement in public places with noise level of 74 dB not different from BP in private quiet environment 37 dB[27]
  • if systolic BP < 140 mm Hg, automated office BP can be obtained without rest period & multiple readings may be obtained without intervening delay[22]
  • bladder of manometer should encircle 80% of arm
  • lower edge of cuff 2 cm above antecubital fossa
  • arm should be supported & at the level of the heart
  • inflate cuff 20-30 mm Hg above palpated pressure
  • listen for Korotkoff sounds deflating cuff at rate of 2 mm Hg/sec
  • 1st occurrence of repetitive sounds (phase 1) is the systolic blood pressure
  • muffling of sounds is phase IV
  • disappearance of sounds is phase V
  • diastolic blood pressure is phase V
  • when Korotkoff sounds are heard all the way to 0 mm Hg, record phase 1, phase IV & phase V, for example: 140/70/0
  • average of 2 or more measurements[1]
  • blood pressure monitoring should start at age 3[2]

* see ref[23] for ways measuring blood pressure may go wrong (AMA)

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References

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