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Your blood pressure passport
Kindly fill-in your personal date on the front page. On the following
pages, please indicate exact date, time and weight before any
measurements. Start with your blood pressure and pulse measure-
ment and pulse measurement. Please fill-in your systolic blood
pressure (maximal Value), your diastolic blood pressure (minimal
value) and your pulse rate. After the measurement, kindly combine
the systolic and diastolic values as well as the pulse rates with a
line (see example). With this method, you may provide an exact
overview of your blood pressure / pulse to your doctor.
12. What is “White Coat Hypertension”?
• White Coat Hypertension (WCH) is the popular name for
the effect that the patients blood pressure might be detect-
ed on a higher level when the measurement is performed
by a doctor (in his typical white coat) or a nurse. This effect
is caused because one often can be excited or nervous dur-
ing such “official” measurements and the pressure will be
accordingly higher. The problem is that the person may not
have a pressure that is too high under normal conditions
but might be diagnosed as hypertensive based on the doc-
tors measurement. Home devices are the best choice to
prevent this “white coat effect”. Some long term studies
showed that people who have a higher pressure at the
doctor also have a high risk to develop hypertension. Thus,
these patients should check their pressure frequently.
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