Braun TrueScan BPW4100, Manual

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Intended use of Braun TrueScan
Braun TrueScan is a blood pressure monitor that has been developed for easy and ac-
curate blood pressure measurements from the wrist. The measuring accuracy of Braun
TrueScan was tested at the time of manufacture and was proven by clinical research.
Blood pressure readings from a healthy 31-year old male, measured at 5-minute
intervals.
Blood pressure measured in a doctor’s office only provides a momentary value. Re-
peated measurements at home better reflect one’s actual blood pressure values under
everyday conditions.
Moreover, many people have a different blood pressure when they measure at home,
because they tend to be more relaxed than when in the doctor’s office.
Regular blood pressure measurements taken at home can provide your doctor with
valuable information on your normal blood pressure values under actual «everyday»
conditions.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the ESH have set up the following standard
blood pressure values when measured at resting pulse.
(mmHg)
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Level types
Severe Moderate Mild
High
Normal
Normal
SYS
(maximum value)
180 # 160-179 140-159 130-139 120-129 120 $
DIA
(minimum value)
110 # 100-109 90-99 85-89 80-84 80 $
2007 ESH- ESC Practice Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension
Guidelines for management of hypertension: report of the fourth working party of the BHS , 2004—BHS IV
ESH: European Society of Hypertension • ESC: European Society of Cardiology • BHS: British Hypertension Society
SYS
mm HG
140
120
100
60
6 5 h 12 18 0
80
DIA
mm HG
GB
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