1. Introduction
1.1.Features of your Microlife Premium Portable Automatic Blood Pressure
Monitor
Your Microlife blood pressure monitor with Microlife Averaging Mode and Irregular
Heartbeat Detection is a fully automatic digital blood pressure measuring device for use
by adults on the upper arm at home or in your doctor’s/nurse’s office. It enables very fast
and reliable measurement of systolic and diastolic blood pressure as well as pulse by way
of the oscillometric method. This device offers clinically proven accuracy and has been
designed to be portable and very user friendly.
Before using, please read this instruction manual carefully and then keep it in a safe
place. Please contact your doctor for further questions on the subject of blood pressure
and its measurement.
Attention!
1.2.Important information about self-measurement
• Self-measurement means control,
not diagnosis or treatment. Unusual values must
always be discussed with your doctor.
Under no circumstances should you alter
the dosages of any drugs prescribed by your doctor.
•
The pulse display is
not
suitable for checking the frequency of heart pacemakers!
•
In cases of irregular heartbeat (Arrhythmia), measurements made with this instrument
should only be evaluated after consultation with your doctor.
Electromagnetic interference:
The device contains sensitive electronic components. Avoid strong electrical or electro-
magnetic fields in the direct vicinity of the device (e.g. mobile telephones, microwave
ovens). These can lead to temporary impairment of the measuring accuracy.
2. Important information on blood pressure and its measurement
2.1. How does high/low blood pressure arise?
Your level of blood pressure is determined in the circulatory center of the brain and
adjusts to a variety of situations through feedback from the nervous system. To adjust
blood pressure, the strength and frequency of the heart (Pulse), as well as the width of cir-
culatory blood vessels is altered. Blood vessel width is affected by fine muscles in the
blood vessel walls.
Your level of arterial blood pressure changes periodically during heart activity: During the
“blood ejection” (Systole) the value is highest (systolic blood pressure value). At the end
of the heart’s “rest period” (Diastole) pressure is lowest (diastolic blood pressure value).
Blood pressure values must lie within certain normal ranges in order to prevent particular
diseases.
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