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Common Diagnostic Procedure of Blood pressure Measurement



Common Diagnostic Procedure of 
Blood pressure Measurement




a). Body area tested: usually an arm.

b). Description: Test for high or low blood pressure. 

Blood pressure is measured using two numbers. ... The second number, called diastolic blood pressure, measures the pressure in your blood vessels when your heart rests between beats. If the measurementreads 120 systolic and 80 diastolic, you would say “120 over 80” or write “120/80 mmHg.”
What do blood pressure measurements mean?

Use the blood pressure chart below to see what your blood pressure means. ... (The highest pressure when your heart beats and pushes the blood round your body.) The bottom one is your diastolic blood pressure. (The lowest pressure when your heart relaxes between beats.)

Why Blood pressure is measured in mm Hg?

In medicine, pressure is still generally measured in millimeters of mercury. Thesemeasurements are in general given relative to the current atmospheric pressure: for example, a blood pressure of 120 mmHg, when the current atmosphericpressure is 760 mmHg, means 880 mmHg relative to perfect vacuum.

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