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Woman patient with doctor

Best timing for measuring orthostatic vital signs?

Author:
Deborah Phipps, MD
Erik Butler, DO
Anne Mounsey, MD
Michael M. Dickman, DO
David Bury, DO
Ashley Smith, MD, MBA
Nick Bennett, DO, MBA
Ben Arthur, MD, MBA
Bob Marshall, MD, MPH, MISM

We typically take a blood pressure within 3 minutes of a patient rising from a supine to a standing position. But is that too long?