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When a doctor take your blood pressure what is being measuring?
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∙ 12y ago
The pressure exerted against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps; and again as the heart rests.
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What is sphygmomanometers?
It is an instrument for measuring blood pressure and especially arterial blood pressure. :)
How do you use a sphygmanometer?
a pressure gauge for measuring blood pressure
What is a blood pressure dinamap?
a blood pressure measuring device that largely replaced sphygmomanometers
A sphygmomonometer is used for?
measuring blood pressure
What is blood pressure measurement?
the non-invasive measurement of the pressure exerted by the circulating blood on the walls of the body's arteries.
What should a woman whose blood pressure of 174 over 116 do?
See your doctor immediately, unless you are already being treated for high blood pressure.
What is the function of shygmomanometer?
An instrument for measuring blood pressure.
Who invented the blood pressure measuring system?
Samuel Siegried Karl Ritter von Basch invented the blood pressure measuring system or the sphygmomanometer. He invented it in 1881.
How do ordinary people call a sphygmomanometer?
A pressure gauge for measuring blood pressure
How do you use a sphygmomamometer?
a instrument used for measuring blood pressure
What is disatolic?
When measuring blood pressure, this is the lower number. It is the pressure in the heart as it rests between beats.
What is sphygmomamometer used for?
A sphygmomanometer is the gauge used for measuring blood pressure.
