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Your physician's reading may sometimes
differ from your home readings. This could
be related to a phenomenon known as
“white coat syndrome”. You should not
assume that any one reading taken is your
usual blood pressure.
In fact, blood pressure varies constantly
throughout the day. Common activities
affect your level of heart activity and stress,
thereby influencing your blood pressure.
Note: It is important that you take home
readings regularly, and that you follow the
procedures and precautions mentioned in the
instruction manual. Consistently
recording/charting your readings, along with
regularly consulting a health professional,
is an important aspect of your overall blood
pressure management program.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This Blood Pressure Monitor does not replace
examination by a physician. As your doctor is the one
person best qualified to interpret your results, we
recommend that you keep a blood pressure journal to
bring to your visits to your healthcare professional.
Fuzzy Logic Technology
®
This Physio Logic monitor uses the oscillometric
method to detect your blood pressure. Before the
cuff starts inflating, the device will establish a
baseline cuff pressure equivalent to the air
®
pressure. Your Physio Logic monitor will
determine the appropriate inflation level based
on one's pressure oscillations, followed by cuff
deflation. During the deflation, the device will
detect the amplitude and slope of the pressure
oscillations and thereby determine the systolic,
diastolic, and pulse for you.
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Statement of Accuracy
Blood pressure measurements obtained with this
unit are equivalent to those obtained by a trained
person using the cuff/stethoscope auscultation
method, within the limits prescribed by the
American National Standard, Electronic or
automated sphygmomanometers.
About Blood Pressure
Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by the
blood at right angles to the walls of the blood
vessels, while blood flows through the arteries.
The pressure measured when the heart contracts
and sends blood out of the heart is called
systolic; it is the peak pressure in the arteries
during the cardiac cycle. The pressure measured
when the heart dilates with blood flowing back
into the heart is called diastolic; it is the lowest
pressure at the resting phase of the cardiac cycle.
High blood pressure’s strong correlation with
cardiovascular diseases and high morbidity has
made measuring blood pressure a necessity of
identifying those at risk.
Blood Pressure Standard
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the
National High Blood Pressure Education
Program Coordinating Committee have
developed a blood pressure standard, in which
areas of low and high risk blood pressure are
identified. This standard is a guideline as blood
pressure varies among different people and
different age groups.
It is important that you consult with your
physician regularly. Your physician will tell you
your normal blood pressure range as well as the
point at which you will be considered at risk.
