Comments on: Blood Pressure http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/blood-pressure/ My experiences as an ER doc Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:37:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Cat http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/blood-pressure/#comment-8688 Cat Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:40:58 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=396#comment-8688 Geesh, my gp told me to get a home bp monitor and to track it in a book. I think the Heart and Stroke Foundation did a good job getting people to think about the effects of +BP; however did not follow up with ie 190/100 is high but won't kill ya in one day. They don't stress the prolonged part. Hence, the ER visits with +BP. Geesh, my gp told me to get a home bp monitor and to track it in a book.
I think the Heart and Stroke Foundation did a good job getting people to think about the effects of +BP; however did not follow up with ie 190/100 is high but won’t kill ya in one day. They don’t stress the prolonged part. Hence, the ER visits with +BP.

]]> By: Joe http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/blood-pressure/#comment-7993 Joe Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:36:02 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=396#comment-7993 Would you settle for a world where the home BP monitors are a lot more reliable? I once got one to read 40/80. I'm not sure how that happens, but I'm pretty sure it's painful...and fatal. Would you settle for a world where the home BP monitors are a lot more reliable?

I once got one to read 40/80. I’m not sure how that happens, but I’m pretty sure it’s painful…and fatal.

]]> By: premedhead http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/blood-pressure/#comment-7903 premedhead Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:28:11 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=396#comment-7903 maybe you've met my dad ... if only there could be anti-anxiety pens like there are epi pens ... maybe you’ve met my dad … if only there could be anti-anxiety pens like there are epi pens …

]]> By: Amy http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/blood-pressure/#comment-7865 Amy Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:48:06 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=396#comment-7865 I had a lady once bring in a notebook that was full of plastic baggies with tissue paper in them, each one from a different day over the previous months where she'd coughed up nasty phlegm and kept a nice little record of it for me. It's people like that who make you dread notebooks. I had a lady once bring in a notebook that was full of plastic baggies with tissue paper in them, each one from a different day over the previous months where she’d coughed up nasty phlegm and kept a nice little record of it for me. It’s people like that who make you dread notebooks.

]]> By: Kate http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/blood-pressure/#comment-7856 Kate Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:32:00 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=396#comment-7856 Was it color-coded and laminated? Because that's my FAVORITE. The more pages, graphics, and different fonts the better. A 1 page med sheet/history summary is helpful, an unabridged autobiography is not. Was it color-coded and laminated? Because that’s my FAVORITE. The more pages, graphics, and different fonts the better.

A 1 page med sheet/history summary is helpful, an unabridged autobiography is not.

]]> By: Erik http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/blood-pressure/#comment-7849 Erik Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:46:30 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=396#comment-7849 I then I felt my heart thumping so I took 2 extra pills... I then I felt my heart thumping so I took 2 extra pills…

]]> By: ish http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/blood-pressure/#comment-7848 ish Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:53:03 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=396#comment-7848 C'mon now, don't spazz about the notebook. It's blank anyway. I only carry it because I might need to take some notes for my lawyer. C’mon now, don’t spazz about the notebook. It’s blank anyway. I only carry it because I might need to take some notes for my lawyer.

]]> By: endochick http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/blood-pressure/#comment-7847 endochick Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:07:35 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=396#comment-7847 I've taken to writing down my medications and medical conditions because I forgot hypothyriodism once during one ED visit. When the doctor came back he goes "your prelim blood work is showing your thyroid is on the hypo side..." and I go "oops, yeah I have autoimmune thyroid disease. I'll call my endocrinologist in the morning. He just increased my meds, so they probably just need more time to work." That poor doc just shook his head and laughed. I’ve taken to writing down my medications and medical conditions because I forgot hypothyriodism once during one ED visit. When the doctor came back he goes “your prelim blood work is showing your thyroid is on the hypo side…” and I go “oops, yeah I have autoimmune thyroid disease. I’ll call my endocrinologist in the morning. He just increased my meds, so they probably just need more time to work.” That poor doc just shook his head and laughed.

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