p8d Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 Hi all. I know all about doing ortho vitals (immediately on standing, after 1,3,5,10 minutes after standing) and have a great dysautonomia team of Drs and NPs but this is such a basic question I thought I would ask here. How long after sitting should we take them? I have read 5 minutes for healthy folks but my BP drops 10-20 points between sitting for 5 minutes and 10 minutes. I like the numbers after 10 minutes much more ;^) so I tend to use those. I tend to have hypertension. TIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 @p8d - for normal people the orthostatic adjustments the body makes occur within 1 minute, so definitely we have to take them after 1 minute ( before that the readings will be inaccurate due to the adjustment period ). In dysautonomia the BP or HR can either drop ( OH and NCS ) or increase within 10 minutes, so it is important to take it again after 10 minutes. To find out what changes occur at what point we should take them at 3 and 5 minutes as well. In POTS the HR is elevated within but also AT 10 minutes - meaning if the HR is up at - for example - 4 minutes but goes back down at 9 minutes it is not POTS. So it os important to check both HR and BP at all of those different times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Healthixir Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 5 minutes is fine or until your body is calm enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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