Search on:
BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH
Descriptors Found:
1
Displaying:
1 .. 1
1 / 1
DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Hypertension
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Hipertensión
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Hipertensão
Synonyms
English
:
Blood Pressure, High
Blood Pressures, High
High Blood Pressure
High Blood Pressures
Tree Number:
C14.907.489
Definition
English
:
Persistently high systemic arterial
BLOOD PRESSURE
. Based on multiple readings (
BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION
),
hypertension
is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC
PRESSURE
is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC
PRESSURE
is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
not for intracranial or
intraocular pressure
; relation to
BLOOD PRESSURE
: Manual 23.27; Goldblatt
kidney
is
HYPERTENSION
, GOLDBLATT see
HYPERTENSION
, RENOVASCULAR;
hypertension
with
kidney
disease
is probably
HYPERTENSION
, RENAL, not
HYPERTENSION
; venous
hypertension
: index under
VENOUS PRESSURE
(IM) & do not coordinate with
HYPERTENSION
;
PREHYPERTENSION
is also available
See Related
English
:
Antihypertensive Agents
Vascular Resistance
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DG
diagnostic imaging
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
7152
Unique Identifier:
D006973
Occurrence in VHL
:
Similar:
DeCS