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Wed, Dec-02-15, 11:48
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Posts: 25,866
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Plan: DDF
Stats: 202/185.4/179
BF:
Progress: 72%
Location: San Diego, CA
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“The guidelines in the U.S. are based on clinic blood pressures taken in a way that few providers do,” Dr. Oparil said. The patient should rest for five minutes in a chair, not on an exam table, and should not talk. The feet should be on the floor, the back straight and supported. The patient should not have had caffeine and should not have smoked in the past half-hour to an hour. If this procedure is not followed, she said, the reading is generally falsely elevated and does not reflect the true blood pressure.
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They never follow these guidelines at the doctor's offices.
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