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Are manual blood pressure cuffs with the stethoscope attached underneath more accurate than an automatic machine? i get a higher reading manually than my automatic.

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Dr. Hamsa Jayaraj answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Yes: Huge fluctuation is seen in automatic BP machine.

Answered 8/14/2018

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