Evaluating Blood Pressure Measurement Results - Beurer BM 93 Cardio Gebrauchsanleitung

7.5 Evaluating blood pressure measurement results

Atrial fibrillation
This device can identify atrial fibrillation when measuring the blood pressure and if necessary,
indicates this after the measurement with the symbol
ular and often rapid heart rate increasing the risk of strokes, heart failure and other heart-related
complications. Atrial fibrillation can only be determined through an examination by your doctor. If
the symbol is shown on the display after the measurement has been taken, repeat the meas-
urement. Please ensure that you rest for 5 minutes beforehand and do not speak or move during
the measurement. If the symbol
and treatment based on the measurements can be dangerous. Always follow your GPs instructions.
Risk indicator
The measured values can be classified and evaluated in accordance with the following table.
However, these standard values serve only as a general guideline, as the individual blood pressure
varies in different people and different age groups etc.
It is important to consult your doctor regularly for advice. Your doctor will tell you your individual
values for normal blood pressure as well as the value above which your blood pressure is clas-
sified as dangerous.
The bar chart on the display shows which category the recorded blood pressure values fall into. If
the values of systole and diastole fall into two different categories (e.g. systole in the 'High normal'
category and diastole in the 'Normal' category), the graphical classification on the display always
shows the higher category; for the example given this would be 'High normal'.
Blood pressure value category Systole
Level 3: severe hypertension
Level 2: moderate hypertension
Level 1: mild hypertension
High normal
Normal
Optimal
Source: WHO, 1999 (World Health Organization)
appears frequently, please consult your doctor. Selfdiagnosis
Diastole
(in mmHg) (in mmHg)
≥ 180 ≥ 110
160 – 179 100 – 109
140 – 159 90 – 99
130 – 139 85 – 89
120 – 129 80 – 84
< 120 < 80
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. Atrial fibrillation is defined by an irreg-
Action
seek medical attention
seek medical attention
regular monitoring by doctor
regular monitoring by doctor
self-monitoring
self-monitoring