Blood pressure--should you check both arms?
was the primary or contributing cause of more than 670,000 deaths in the U.S. in 2020.
High or poorly controlled blood pressure is a major cause of premature death and cardiovascular events globally, "so we're dealing with something that's really very common here," Clark said. For people whose blood pressure is being monitored at home with an ambulatory device, the monitor should be attached to the arm with the highest reading, he said. And those who self-monitor should check both arms to see which arm is consistently higher and use that arm for routine measurements.
Taking blood pressure in both arms will take health care professionals more time, but it should be done to provide more accurate readings, said Dr. Shawna Nesbitt, a professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. "And you should really measure more than once to get the most accurate reading," said Nesbitt, who specializes in blood pressure disorders. Not doing so could mean measurements aren't consistently accurate. "We may be allowing people to walk around with higher pressures than they should."
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