User manual
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10 second delay state
3. measurement plan:
30/30 minute
day/night intervals
1. measurement plan:
15/30 minute
day/night intervals
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Rules of monitoring
- Inform the patient about the goal and expected results of the monitoring.
Provide an event diary and inform him about the rules to observe.
- Put the device into the pouch. The patient should fit the adjustable straps of
the pouch.
- Wearing a thin shirt under the cuff is recommended. It does not influence the
accuracy of the blood pressure measurement, but it prevents problems caused
by long-time wear of the cuff (sweat, itching, soreness, etc.)
- The cuff should be properly placed on and connected.
- Patients should avoid excess movement during blood pressure measurements.
They should hold their arm loose, slightly away from their chest.
- Should the blood pressure measurements cause bloodshots, torpidity or pain
in the hand, the cuff should be removed from the arm immediately and
disconnected from the recorder. Such occurance should be reported to the
physician latest after the monitoring session.
- The patient should not remove the recorder even at night. By loosening the
straps, they can avoid problems when turning in their sleep. The recorder
does not disturb most patient at night.
- The patient can initiate extra blood pressure measurements with the START
button of the recorder (marked by a triangle in case of ABPM-05 and
BlueBP-05 and unmarked in case of ABPM-04). By pressing the EVENT
button the patient can mark events, e.g. taking medication etc. In case of
ABPM-05 and BlueBP-05 only, the time of going to bed and rising from bed
can be marked by the DAY/NIGHT button (moon symbol). If necessary,
any blood pressure measurement can be interrupted by pressing any of the
device buttons.
- Should the batteries run down during a monitoring session, they can be
simply replaced. Monitoring will continue and data will not be lost.
- The patient should never measure anybody else’s blood pressure with the
recorder during an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring session.
Monitoring session (tipically 24 hours)