Recommendations on blood pressure measurement.

-+ Ur~riecessaty treatment, i~ial~oropriate treal~iiel~t arid follow up O~ily an obscrvcr wlio is awarc oftlic factors tliat lead to false rcadings sliv~ild measure blood pressure. Wrong readings obtained througli failure to use tlic prol,cr t c c l i ~ ~ i y ~ ~ c ortell lead to the wrong diagnosis, whicli may rcsulr in unnecessary or i~ialq>ropriate rcatinent and follow up. 'I'l~c ailii of tlicsc reco~~llrlc~ldatio~~s is to provide siti~ple guidelilies for the indirect a~rasurc~nei~t of blood pressure.