Beurer BM 95 - Evaluating Blood Pressure Results

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You can cancel the blood pressure measurement at any time by pressing the START/STOP
button again. Cancelled blood pressure measurements are not stored.
3. The results are displayed on the display as soon as the blood pressure measurement is complete.
4. To switch o the device, press the START/STOP button or wait for 2minutes until the device
switches o automatically.
5.4 Evaluating measurement results
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 dierent people and dierent 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 classi-
fied 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 dierent categories (e.g. systole in the ’High normal’
category and diastole in the ’Normal’ category), the graphical classification on the device always
shows the higher category; for the example given this would be ’High normal’.
Blood pressure value
category
Systole
(in mmHg)
Diastole
(in mmHg)
Action
Level 3: severe hypertension ≥180 ≥110 seek medical attention
Level 2: moderate hypertension 160 – 179 100 – 109 seek medical attention
Level 1: mild hypertension 140 – 159 90 – 99 regular monitoring by doctor
High normal 130 – 139 85 – 89 regular monitoring by doctor
Normal 120 – 129 80 – 84 self-monitoring
Optimal <120 <80 self-monitoring
Source: WHO, 1999 (World Health Organization)