Welch Allyn ABPM 7100 ambulatory blood pressure monitor

A cuff is fitted around the upper arm and connected to a small recorder worn on a belt or shoulder strap. The cuff inflates at planned intervals while you continue normal activities and during sleep. This produces a series of readings rather than relying on a single clinic measurement.

The pattern can show whether readings differ at home and in a clinic, change during the day, or remain raised at night. Clinicians interpret the record with your age, symptoms, medicines and health history. A monitor result is not a substitute for urgent assessment when you feel unwell.

Follow the fitting instructions and keep the cuff on for the agreed monitoring period. When it begins to inflate, keep the arm relaxed and still if practical. Record sleep, exercise, stress, symptoms, missed medicines and unusual events in the diary. Keep the recorder dry unless your clinic gives different instructions, and report repeated failed readings or troublesome swelling promptly.

Remove the cuff only according to the instructions, unless it causes significant pain, numbness, colour change or swelling, then contact the monitoring service. Seek urgent help for chest pain, severe breathlessness, fainting, confusion, new weakness or difficulty speaking. Do not wait for the monitor report if these symptoms occur.

Ask how long to wear the device, how to manage bathing and sleep, what to write in the diary, and who will review the readings. Ask when you will receive the result and whether any medicine or activity instructions change during monitoring.