16
Hypertension
C
a
tegor
y
Systolic
(in mmHg)
Diastolic
(in mmHg)
Action
Color for
the risk
indcator
Optimal
< 120
< 80
Continue
self-
monit
oring
Gr
een
Sour
ce: WHO
, 1999
Consult your doct
or r
egularly for advice. Y
our doct
or will t
ell
you your individual values for normal blood pr
essur
e as well
as the value above which your blood pr
essur
e is classified
as danger
ous.
The classification on the L
CD Display shows wher
e the
recor
ded blood pr
essur
e values fall. If the syst
olic and
Classification Indicat
or shows the higher cat
egor
y.
Resting Indicator
A common err
or made when taking a blood pr
essur
e
measur
ement is not ensuring the user
’s
cir
culat
ory syst
em
and diast
olic blood pr
essur
e values do not corr
espond t
o
pr
oper blood pr
essur
e
levels. This blood pr
essur
e monit
or
uses int
egr
at
ed haemodynamic stability diagnostics (HSD)
to
indicat
e whether the blood pr
essur
e
was taken when the
Measur
ed blood pr
essur
e value was obtained
when the user
’s
cir
culat
or
y syst
em was
the blood pr
essur
e at r
est.
Indicat
es that the value was obtained when the
rest
ed. The blood pr
essur
e values measur
ed in
this case gener
ally do not corr
espond t
o
the
blood pr
essur
e at r
est. W
ait five minut
es and
remeasur
e.
No r
esting
indicat
or
symbol
displayed
During the measur
ement it was not possible
to
det
ermine whether the user
’s
cir
culat
or
y
minut
es and r
emeasur
e.
this can be caused by various fact
ors such as physical
or mental str
ain or distr
action, speaking, or e
xperiencing
irr
egular heartbeat during the measur
ement.
In an overwhelming number of cases, HSD will give a ver
y
good guide as t
o
whether the user
’s
cir
culat
or
y syst
em is
rest
ed when taking a blood pr
essur
e measur
ement.
or chr
onic mental conditions may r
emain haemodynamically
unstable even in the long-t
erm, something which persists
even aft
er r
epeat
ed periods of r
est. The accur
acy of the
