Battery compartment
Digital-Display · Visor digital
Compartimiento de baterías
Display digital
Compartimento de pilhas
Ηλεκτρονική οθόνη
Μπαταρία
Dijital Ekran
Pil Bölümü
MEMORY-
button M1
Tecla de
memoria M1
Tecla de
memória M1
Κουµπί
ΜΝΗΜΗΣ M1
Hafıza-Tuşu M1
M1
MEMORY-
button M2
Tecla de
memoria M2
Tecla de
memória M2
Κουµπί
ΜΝΗΜΗΣ M2
Hafıza-Tuşu M2
Preformed cuff
M2
Manguito anatómico
Braçadeira de concha
Προσχηµατισµένη περιχειρίδα
Sarma Manşet
Colour coded cuff
size
Señales de color
para el tamaño del
manguito
Cor indicadora do
tamanho da
braçadeira
Τα διάφορα µεγέθη
της περιχειρίδος
διακρίνονται από
το χρώµα τους
Renkli Çizgi
START/STOP-button
Tecla START/STOP
Tecla START/STOP
Κουµπί START/STOP
START/STOP Butonu
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1. General information on blood
pressure
The human heart beats approx. 60 to 80
times per minute. This causes blood to be
pumped into the arterial vascular system
and supplies the body with oxygen and
necessary nutrients. A constant pressure
known as blood pressure is required to
enable the blood to flow into the smallest
of blood vessels. In measuring blood
pressure, two values are determined. The
systolic value is the maximum pressure
as the heart beats. Diastolic value is the
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has set out the following limit values:
Assessment
Systolic pressure
optimal
up to 120 mmHg
normal
up to 130 mmHg
Normal limit values
130 – 139 mmHg
Grade 1 hypertension
140 – 159 mmHg
Grade 2 hypertension
160 – 179 mmHg
Grade 3 hypertension
over 180 mmHg
minimum pressure between two heart-
beats. Blood pressure is expressed as,
e.g. 120/80 in millimetres of a mercury
column (mmHg).
Blood pressure changes constantly in
each individual and thus creates the
requirements necessary for the functional
capacity of the body. Thus fluctuations in
blood pressure are perfectly normal.
However, if blood pressure values are
constantly elevated at rest, hypertension
or high blood pressure is present.
Diastolic pressure
up to 80 mmHg
up to 85 mmHg
85 – 89 mmHg
90 – 99 mmHg
100 – 109 mmHg
over 110 mmHg
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