Pulse pressure

Bo77
  • By Bo77 · August 27, 2012 at 5:59 pm · 6 replies
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My pulse pressure seems to be increasing... I have naturally low blood pressure and it seems to be very low at the minute, my drugs don't help as they lower it even more. Anyway, this weekend it has been very low, systolic reading around 94, especially the diastolic reading, around 52, sometimes the systolic reading goes up into the low hundreds, never past 110 but the lower number seems to stay low.
I know I have been silly, googling it but am now worried as I read something about leaking valves... I was told in hospital when I was diagnosed with CHF that I had a slight murmur...

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LucieCoyote

The correct formula for calculating mean arterial pressure is:

MAP = [(2 x diastolic)+systolic] / 3

With a BP of 94/52, your MAP is 66

Threesacharm

Thanks lucie coyote, I stand corrected on the formula. Being tired does not do good things to my brain, math and numbers seem to be the first to go, names second. Bo77 my apologies for not rechecking before I posted.

MyraJ

I really want to get this, but I get a different answer, please, correct me where I error..
(94x2=188+52=240/3=80)
Thank you

LucieCoyote

Diastolic is the bottom number

52x2=104+94=198/3=66

yarnkitty

90's over 50's should be fine for blood pressure as long as you are not having a lot of dizziness, weakness, sweating, nausea, etc. Most tolerate that pressure well. The lower it is the less stress on your valves, too. MAP of 66 is just fine, too.

MyraJ
  • By MyraJ
  • Reply 3328002 · In reply to 3327387 by LucieCoyote
  • August 28, 2012 at 12:34 pm
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