Blood pressure machines

Hi does anyone know if you can use the wrist blood pressure machines with a PM

6 Comments

yes

by Tracey_E - 2014-01-24 06:01:22

We can use them safely. Some are more accurate than others.

Same here

by Theknotguy - 2014-01-24 06:01:29

Wrist monitors are notorious for being inaccurate.

We took our arm cuff monitor in and tested it with the Cardiologist's. It was one to two points within the same range so we feel comfortable with it's reliability.

Sometimes they are absolutely fine !

by IAN MC - 2014-01-25 09:01:43

I borrowed the fairly sophisticated BP machine from my GP's surgery for a weekend recently and calibrated my cheap-and-cheerful wrist monitor against their's.

It was astonishingly accurate ! If you live in the UK it is Boots the Chemist own brand and was highly recommended in " Which" magazine recently .

Cheers

Ian

Happy with mine

by Elleninminn - 2014-01-25 10:01:16

I took my wrist monitor into my doctor's office and checked it against hers, as she suggested. The readings were nearly identical, so I trust my device. I suggest getting one that shows if the heartbeat is irregular. I have afib, so that's important to me. Got mine at Walgreen's.

Happy with mine

by Elleninminn - 2014-01-25 10:01:39

I took my wrist monitor into my doctor's office and checked it against hers, as she suggested. The readings were nearly identical, so I trust my device. I suggest getting one that shows if the heartbeat is irregular. I have afib, so that's important to me. Got mine at Walgreen's.

Wrist machines--held over heart

by Going Forward - 2018-08-30 00:08:08

Just wondering if there might be interference as the wrist maching I have has to be held over the heart in order to work--so it would be very close to my PM. 

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