Checking on Your Health for Blood Pressure Monitor

Home blood pressure monitors are specially important for the elderly, pregnant women, diabetics and people with kidney disease. Experts recommend that if you are buying one, choose one with an upper-arm cuff, not a wrist or finger device, as they can be most inaccurate

When evaluating home blood pressure monitors, it is important to consider both usability and accuracy, with accuracy of the reading being the most important consideration. International Consumer Research and Testing (ICRT), a Europe-based product testing organization tested of blood pressure monitors to check them for a range of parameters like clinical measuring accuracy, memory, alarms, power supply, cuff circumference, labeling and even environmental disposability.

Blood Pressure Monitor Accuracy

BP monitors were tested for accuracy by ICRT. A jury consisting of 32 test persons, also including sufferers of high blood pressure and diabetes, was used to test each blood pressure monitor. Each monitor was used on each test person. The ‘Karma brand of BP monitors fared well as two of its models (Karma Automatic BP Monitor and Blood Pressure Machine)

Ease of using a Blood Pressure monitor

The user manual instructions of a blood pressure monitor, changing and checking of battery, displays and controls, and environmental disposability of each of the BP Monitor Price In India were rated according to how easy it was for a consumer to use these features.

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About Blood Pressure Monitors

Digital blood pressure monitors for home use are either semi automatic manual-inflation or automatic inflation. Automatic monitors have everything contained in one unit, so its easier to handle than systems with a separate gauge and stethoscope. Most home blood pressure monitors are very portable and have a During cuff for one-handed application. The cuff may fit around the wrist or arm. More expensive monitors have automatic inflation and deflation systems, along with large, easy-to-read digital displays and error indicators, reading printouts and built in pulse (heart rate) measurement.

Most home Blood Pressure Machine Price In India measure either at the upper arm or wrist, though a few are also finger models. Experts say that those that measure pressure at the upper arm are best, as there is too great a chance for error when blood pressure is measured elsewhere.

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Why you need a Blood Pressure Monitor at home?

•  All with hypertension should have home blood pressure monitors.
•  Home monitoring can give more accurate readings, avoiding stress of doctor visit.
•  Closer monitoring allows doctors to fine tune medicines, as with diabetics.

Types of Blood Pressure Monitors

• Aneroid monitor
• Digital monitor
• Finger or Wrist blood pressure monitor

The aneroid monitor has a dial gauge that is read by looking at a pointer. The cuff is inflated-by hand, by squeezing a rubber bulb.

Digital monitors have either manual or automatic cuffs. The blood pressure reading flashes on a small screen, and is therefore easy to read. Some electronic monitors even give you a printout of blood pressure reading. The digital monitor is easier to use than an aneroid one. It has a gauge and stethoscope as one unit, an error indicator, and deflates automatically.
This device is good for hearing impaired patients, as there is no need to listen to heart sounds through the stethoscope.
However, this equipment has some disadvantages too. The accuracy is changed by body movements or an irregular heart rate. The monitor also requires batteries, and some of its models are designed for use only with the left arm.

Finger or wrist monitors, as tests reveal, do not measure blood pressure accurately. Also, they are extremely sensitive to position and body temperature, and more expensive compared to other monitors.

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