We learned how to take an ECG today. In class, the cardiologist interpreted my ECG as coming from a young, healthy, skinny, sporting man. I found it funny too.
And asked - more importantly - whether a patient in a hospital or consulting room was more likely to be in our earlier relaxed state or the more recent agitated state.
There's also this: "White coat hypertension, more commonly known as white coat syndrome, is a phenomenon in which patients exhibit a blood pressure level above the normal range, in a clinical setting, though they don't exhibit it in other settings." - Wiki
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