Question

Should the first blood pressure reading be discarded

Answer 1

On the other hand, the Canadian guidelines suggested that 'At the initial visit for the assessment ofhypertension, if systolic BP is 140 and/or diastolicBP is 90 mm Hg, more than 2 additional readings should be taken during the same visit' and 'The first reading should be discarded and the latter 2readings ......