Name:

Arm : Left / Right

Week / Date / Day of
Week / Reading 1 / Reading 2 / Reading 3 / Comments
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(Diastolic) / Top Number
(Systolic) / 2nd number
(Diastolic) / Top
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(Diastolic)
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Please note the bottom number on the blood pressure monitor screen is your pulse, and this does not need to be recorded.

P M Rothwell MB ChB MD PhD FRCP
Professor of Clinical Neurology
Honorary Consultant Neurologist / Department of Clinical Neurology
Level 6, West Wing
John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way
Oxford
0X3 9DU
Tel: (01865) 234893
Fax: (01865) 234629

STROKE PREVENTION – BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING

Now that you have completed the intensive phase of blood pressure monitoring (daily readings and 24-hour monitor) we would like to make sure that your blood pressure remains well controlled. We are providing you with a standard blood pressure monitor for you to use once a week (3 consecutive readings at one sitting please) and record it on the chart overleaf. You can choose which day of the week you do it. Please take your readings shortly after breakfast. We would be grateful if you could try to take your readings at a similar time each week.

For the best results, please try to:

•  rest for a couple of minutes before and between each reading

•  sit quietly and still, with your arm supported and your legs uncrossed

•  ensure that the cuff is on properly (high up your arm, tight enough, over bare skin, wearing loose clothing, with the tube going down the inside of your arm) and well connected to the blood pressure monitor (not loose or obstructed)

•  place the blood pressure monitor on a level surface e.g. a table.

PLEASE CALL US ON 01865 234893 IF THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS OCCUR:

▬  The top number of the third measurement is 160 or more

▬  The top number of the third measurement is persistently 140 or more over a period of 2 weeks

▬  If there is a change to your blood pressure medication e.g. following a GP or hospital appointment

▬  If there is a problem with the blood pressure monitor, or if you require replacement batteries

Otherwise we will review your readings at your next follow up.

If you have any problems please call us on 01865 234893 or 01865 231601 between 8.30am and 5pm Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays).

Professor Peter Rothwell - Consultant Neurologist, Dr Adrian Banning - Consultant Cardiologist, Professor David Mant - Professor of General Practice

Dr Sarah Pendlebury – Senior Research Fellow, Dr Ami Banerjee, Dr Lucy Binney, Dr Arvind Chandratheva,

Dr Olivia Geraghty, Dr Nicola Paul , Dr Michela Simoni and Dr Alastair Webb - Clinical Research Fellows

Louise Silver, Linda Bull, Nikki Radcliffe and Sarah Welch– Clinical Research Nurses

Fiona Cuthbertson and Michelle Wilson – Clinical Research Therapists

Robyn Cary - Clinical Research Secretary

Oxford Vascular Study Telephone 01865 231601 Fax 01865 234629