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Measuring blood pressure lying/sitting and standing
About this procedure:
Describes the procedure for measuring the blood pressure of a patient who is lying down or sitting, followed by measurement when the patient is standing up.
Author:
Demonstrated by Audrey Alimo, Cardiac Nurse Consultant, Central Middlesex Hospital. Edited by Richard Hatchett, Principal Lecturer Adult Nursing, London South Bank University.
Last updated:
January 2010
References:
Hatchett R. (2009) Blood Pressure Part 1: Equipment; Part 2: Procedure; Part 3: The Patient. London: clinicalskills.net. (Links to these procedures appear below.)
Williams B, Poulter NR, Brown MJ, et al. (2004a). The BHS Guidelines Working Party Guidelines for Management of Hypertension: Report of the Fourth Working Party of the British Hypertension Society, 2004 – BHS IV. J Hum Hypertens 18: 139-185.
Williams B, Poulter NR, Brown MJ, et al. (2004b). The BHS Guidelines
Working Party. British Hypertension Society Guidelines for Hypertension
Management, 2004 – BHS IV: Summary. BMJ 328:
634-640. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/328/7440/634
Skills for Health:
This procedure links to the following
competences on the Skills for Health website:
CHS19 – Undertake physiological measurements
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Related Procedures:
Measuring
blood pressure part 1: equipment (featuring alternative sphygmomanometers
to mercury)
Measuring blood pressure part
2: procedure (featuring alternative sphygmomanometers
to mercury)
Measuring blood pressure part
3: the patient (featuring alternative sphygmomanometers
to mercury)
Measuring blood pressure part 1: equipment (featuring mercury sphygmomanometers)
Measuring blood pressure part 2: procedure (using a mercury sphygmomanometer)
Measuring blood pressure part 3: the patient (using a mercury sphygmomanometer)