Guest guest Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 That may be so but I have to tell you, I love the way my cardiologist does it. First off, besides his front desk staff, he actually has an RN working for him, not some 17 year old co-op student pretending to know what she's doing. But his nurse does not check BP's. She takes patients to exam rooms, verifies what they are there for, change in medical status, meds, does EKG if indicated, etc. Then she wraps a manual BP cuff around your arm and leaves. When the doc comes in he greets you, then takes your BP, deflating the cuff but leaving it in place. About five minutes later, while talking, he again inflates the cuff and listens to the BP, leaving the cuff in place afterwards. Then right before you're ready to leave he again inflates the cuff and listens to the BP for the third time. He says he takes the lower of the three, and probably that is a little high compared to what it runs at home. aSubject: Re: Re: Spiro UpdateTo: "hyperaldosteronism " <hyperaldosteronism >Date: Friday, June 3, 2011, 2:20 PM We discourage drs from taking BP. Most do not know how to so it correctly nor have they ever had someone listen to them with a double stethoscope to see if they can still have it. Tiped sad Send form miiPhone ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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