A patient monitoring system comprising: a blood pressure measurement device including a sphygmomanometer comprising an inflatable cuff for being applied to a limb of a patient and a pressure sensor for providing a pressure signal being indicative of the pressure in the inflatable cuff, and a control apparatus for providing a control signal for the blood pressure measurement device, the control apparatus comprising: - an input interface for obtaining a health state parameter being indicative of a health state of the patient; - a processing unit for determining one or more operation settings of the blood pressure measurement device based on the health state parameter, the one or more operation settings including a parameter that can be adjusted at the blood pressure measurement device when conducting a blood pressure measurement with the sphygmomanometer and that affects a precision of the blood pressure measurement and a patient comfort resulting from the blood pressure measurement; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine one or more operation settings related to a lower precision and a higher patient comfort when the health state parameter indicates an uncritical health state of the patient; and determine one or more operation settings related to a higher precision and a lower patient comfort when the health state parameter indicates a deteriorating health state of the patient, wherein the one or more operation settings include at least one of a parameter being indicative of a maximum pressure in the inflatable cuff during a measurement, a parameter being indicative of a duration of the inflatable cuff being inflated during a measurement, a parameter being indicative of an integral of the pressure applied during a measurement, and a parameter being indicative of a number of heartbeats to be detected; and - a control interface for providing a control signal for the blood pressure measurement device, wherein the blood pressure measurement device is arranged to perform a blood pressure measurement by means of the sphygmomanometer based on the one or more operation settings. a blood pressure measurement device including a sphygmomanometer comprising an inflatable cuff for being applied to a limb of a patient and a pressure sensor for providing a pressure signal being indicative of the pressure in the inflatable cuff, and a control apparatus for providing a control signal for the blood pressure measurement device, the control apparatus comprising: - an input interface for obtaining a health state parameter being indicative of a health state of the patient; - a processing unit for determining one or more operation settings of the blood pressure measurement device based on the health state parameter, the one or more operation settings including a parameter that can be adjusted at the blood pressure measurement device when conducting a blood pressure measurement with the sphygmomanometer and that affects a precision of the blood pressure measurement and a patient comfort resulting from the blood pressure measurement; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine one or more operation settings related to a lower precision and a higher patient comfort when the health state parameter indicates an uncritical health state of the patient; and determine one or more operation settings related to a higher precision and a lower patient comfort when the health state parameter indicates a deteriorating health state of the patient, wherein the one or more operation settings include at least one of a parameter being indicative of a maximum pressure in the inflatable cuff during a measurement, a parameter being indicative of a duration of the inflatable cuff being inflated during a measurement, a parameter being indicative of an integral of the pressure applied during a measurement, and a parameter being indicative of a number of heartbeats to be detected; and - a control interface for providing a control signal for the blood pressure measurement device, - an input interface for obtaining a health state parameter being indicative of a health state of the patient; - a processing unit for determining one or more operation settings of the blood pressure measurement device based on the health state parameter, the one or more operation settings including a parameter that can be adjusted at the blood pressure measurement device when conducting a blood pressure measurement with the sphygmomanometer and that affects a precision of the blood pressure measurement and a patient comfort resulting from the blood pressure measurement; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine one or more operation settings related to a lower precision and a higher patient comfort when the health state parameter indicates an uncritical health state of the patient; and determine one or more operation settings related to a higher precision and a lower patient comfort when the health state parameter indicates a deteriorating health state of the patient, wherein the one or more operation settings include at least one of a parameter being indicative of a maximum pressure in the inflatable cuff during a measurement, a parameter being indicative of a duration of the inflatable cuff being inflated during a measurement, a parameter being indicative of an integral of the pressure applied during a measurement, and a parameter being indicative of a number of heartbeats to be detected; and - a control interface for providing a control signal for the blood pressure measurement device,