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Research Notes on How Is Systolic Blood Pressure Measured
Systolic blood pressure is usually taken while the patient is seated and resting their arm on a table, slightly bent. Health care workers will wrap the blood pressure cuff snugly around the patient's bare upper arm. They will place a stethoscope over the artery on the inside of the elbow and below the cuff. Then health care workers will close the valve on the rubber inflating bulb and squeeze rapidly until the dial reads slightly higher than the usual systolic pressure. They will open the valve slowly, allowing the pressure to decrease gradually until the first pulse is heard. This is the systolic pressure. They'll continue releasing the pressure slowly until the sound disappears. This is the diastolic pressure.1
Fast Facts:
- Systolic blood pressure is the peak pressure in the arteries when the ventricles are contracting.2
- Blood pressure is the force of blood circulating on the walls of the blood vessels.3
- Blood pressure is a key vital sign.3
- Blood pressure can be taken at other places of the body as well.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ A.D.A.M. (via New York Times): How to Measure Blood Pressure
- ↑ Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_pressure#Measurement Measurement of Blood Pressure.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wikipedia: Blood Pressure
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- Redirects: Measure Systolic Blood Pressure, Measuring Systolic Blood Pressure, How to measure systolic blood pressure
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