The Daily Bulletin

The Weigel Health Center is offering ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to interested faculty and staff members throughout the summer.

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is a technique used to estimate true blood pressure over a 24-hour period. The monitor can be worn on a belt or in a pouch, but the blood pressure cuff must be worn on the participant’s nondominant arm for a full 24 hours. The monitor is programmed to take readings every 30 minutes when the wearer is awake and every 60 minutes when the wearer is asleep. Some sleep disruption can be expected.

While wearing the cuff, participants must keep their arm relatively still each time the cuff is inflating. Participants are also unable to shower or exercise while wearing the monitor. At the end of testing, results are downloaded and printed for the participant. The readings are very reliable, accurate to within 5 mmHg of readings taken with a manual blood pressure cuff.

The Weigel Health Center is not responsible for treatment or follow-through on results but asks participants to follow up with their doctors accordingly. Weigel will not use the results of any tests performed for any purpose.

If you are interested in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, please call Julie Mondanaro, nurse practitioner in the Weigel Health Center, at (716) 878-6711. Please wear loose-fitting clothing the day of your appointment. The cuff will be placed on your nondominant arm.