Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels. Most of this pressure results from the heart pumping blood...
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Hypertension (redirect from High blood pressure)
high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. High blood pressure usually...
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Hypotension (redirect from Low blood pressure)
as low blood pressure, is a cardiovascular condition characterized by abnormally reduced blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing...
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Arterial blood pressure is most commonly measured via a sphygmomanometer, which historically used the height of a column of mercury to reflect the circulating...
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Antihypertensive (redirect from Blood pressure medication)
treat hypertension (high blood pressure). Antihypertensive therapy seeks to prevent the complications of high blood pressure, such as stroke, heart failure...
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Orthostatic hypotension (redirect from Low blood pressure upon standing)
as postural hypotension, is a medical condition wherein a person's blood pressure drops when they are standing up (orthostasis) or sitting down. Primary...
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Sepsis (redirect from Blood poisoning)
or blood flow. The presence of low blood pressure, high blood lactate, or low urine output may suggest poor blood flow. Septic shock is low blood pressure...
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Ambulatory blood pressure, as opposed to office blood pressure and home blood pressure, is the blood pressure over the course of the full 24-hour sleep-wake...
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Sphygmomanometer (redirect from Blood pressure meter)
SFIG-moh-mə-NO-mi-tər), also known as a blood pressure monitor, or blood pressure gauge, is a device used to measure blood pressure, composed of an inflatable cuff...
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Labile hypertension (redirect from Labile blood pressure)
when there are unexpected changes in blood pressure. The term can be used to describe when people have blood pressure measurements that abruptly fluctuate...
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Oncotic pressure, or colloid osmotic-pressure, is a type of osmotic pressure induced by the plasma proteins, notably albumin, in a blood vessel's plasma...
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In medicine, the mean arterial pressure (MAP) is an average calculated blood pressure in an individual during a single cardiac cycle. Although methods...
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Pulse pressure is the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure. It is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). It represents the force...
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triad. Cushing's triad involves an increased systolic blood pressure, a widened pulse pressure, bradycardia, and an abnormal respiratory pattern. In children...
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Clonidine (section High blood pressure)
others, is an α2A-adrenergic agonist medication used to treat high blood pressure, ADHD, drug withdrawal (alcohol, opioids, or nicotine), menopausal flushing...
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: 445 Gauge pressure (also spelled gage pressure) is the pressure relative to the ambient pressure. Various units are used to express pressure. Some of these...
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Aortic dissection (section Blood pressure)
common in those with a history of high blood pressure; a number of connective tissue diseases that affect blood vessel wall strength including Marfan syndrome...
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concentration in the blood plasma, which are further subdivided according to the protein-creatinine quotient in the urine and blood pressure. Treatment is mainly...
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Blood pressure sometimes referred to as arterial blood pressure, the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels Blood pressure...
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White coat hypertension (redirect from White coat high blood pressure)
syndrome, is a form of labile hypertension in which people exhibit a blood pressure level above the normal range in a clinical setting, although they do...
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Hypovolemic shock (section Blood loss)
halting blood loss by setting a goal of 90 mmHg systolic blood pressure hemostatic resuscitation: restoring blood volume in ways (with whole blood or equivalent)...
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Homeostasis (section Arterial blood pressure)
in the blood pressure. One of the effector organs is the heart whose rate is stimulated to rise (tachycardia) when the arterial blood pressure falls,...
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ankle-brachial pressure index (ABPI) or ankle-brachial index (ABI) is the ratio of the blood pressure at the ankle to the blood pressure in the upper arm...
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Pre-eclampsia (section Blood pressure)
new onset of high blood pressure and often a significant amount of protein in the urine or by the new onset of high blood pressure along with significant...
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Hemodynamics (redirect from Blood flow)
regulation of the pH, osmotic pressure and temperature of the whole body, and the protection from microbial and mechanical harm. Blood is a non-Newtonian fluid...
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Photoplethysmogram (section Monitoring blood pressure)
of blood to the dermis and subcutaneous tissue of the skin. With each cardiac cycle the heart pumps blood to the periphery. Even though this pressure pulse...
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atherosclerosis. This may be caused by high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes mellitus, lack of exercise, obesity, high blood cholesterol, poor diet, excessive...
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Stroke (section Blood pressure)
control. The biggest risk factor for stroke is high blood pressure. Other risk factors include high blood cholesterol, tobacco smoking, obesity, diabetes...
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Hypertensive disease of pregnancy (redirect from High blood pressure of pregnancy)
pregnancy, also known as maternal hypertensive disorder, is a group of high blood pressure disorders that include preeclampsia, preeclampsia superimposed on chronic...
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Vital signs (section Blood pressure)
overall health. There are four primary vital signs: body temperature, blood pressure, pulse (heart rate), and breathing rate (respiratory rate), often notated...
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