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Offline franksolich

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primitives discuss wrist blood pressure monitors
« on: October 23, 2011, 06:47:19 PM »
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Oh my.

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brentspeak (1000+ posts)      Sun Oct-23-11 04:21 PM
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Wrist blood pressure monitors?

Are they accurate or a waste of money?

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siligut  (1000+ posts)        Sun Oct-23-11 04:28 PM
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1. We have an OMRON, paid $47 for it at Costco

It correlates to the measure the nurse at my MD's office gets, so it is is accurate. Plus, it is so much nicer and easier to use than an arm cuff.

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texanwitch  (1000+ posts)        Sun Oct-23-11 04:29 PM
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2. They use them at the nursing home.

Hope that helps.

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CaliforniaPeggy  (1000+ posts)        Sun Oct-23-11 04:51 PM
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3. I'm probably old school on this...  

But as far as I'm concerned, the closer to the heart you can get, the more accurate the blood pressure measurement is.

Maybe the technology has improved to the point that wrist cuffs are OK, but I'd rather trust the arm cuffs.

It's up to you...

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grilled onions  (1000+ posts)      Sun Oct-23-11 05:53 PM
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4. Make Sure You Have Perfect Wrists

My wrists are a mess from 40 years of arthritis and when dentists tried to use it they got only errors.

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pintobean  (1000+ posts)      Sun Oct-23-11 07:01 PM
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5. Been using one on my mom for years

It's a Walgreen's brand and works fine. It may not be dead on accurate, but it's close enough to let us know when there's a problem.

You know, I came across this campfire about ten minutes after I had just gotten done using my own handy-dandy wrist blood pressure monitor.

I came up with 87/42, which is about the place it's usually supposed to be.

My monitor is corelated with the professional blood pressure thing at the local nursing home on the third of every month (I no longer remember why I go there the third of every month, but that's when I go).  It's a cheap Shopko version--no use spending much money for equipment of this sort if one doesn't, really, have a problem--but thus far it's matched the one at the nursing home.

I think it's a good idea for everybody to have one, if possible and if economically feasible.
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Re: primitives discuss wrist blood pressure monitors
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2011, 07:31:00 PM »
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CaliforniaPeggy  (1000+ posts)        Sun Oct-23-11 04:51 PM
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3. I'm probably old school on this... 

But as far as I'm concerned, the closer to the heart you can get, the more accurate the blood pressure measurement is.

Maybe the technology has improved to the point that wrist cuffs are OK, but I'd rather trust the arm cuffs.

It's up to you...

Calpig is probably trying to get some sideboob action, which is easy to manage with an arm cuff, and all but impossible when using a wrist monitor.