hypotension
hypotension
Definition
hypo·ten·sion (hī′pō ten′s̸hən)
noun
abnormally low blood pressure
hy′po·ten′·sive adjective
hypotension
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- mediate: Drugwatch Fludrocortisone for low blood pressure / neurally mediated hypotension?
- induce: Healthy controls underwent TCD during induced hypotension to determine the normal response to hypotension.
- treat: If the patient has a clear airway and is breathing adequately they should be reassured and any hypotension immediately treated.
- cause: Note: nortriptyline is less likely to cause postural hypotension.
- avoid: In patients with low systemic blood pressure, care should be taken to avoid further hypotension.
- include: Symptoms that may indicate the diagnosis include unexplained severe pain that increases rapidly over time associated with systemic toxicity including hypotension.
Adjective modifier
- orthostatic: Health status is impaired in elderly patients with orthostatic hypotension.
- postural: Clinical evidence of postural hypotension or cardiac disorder should be sought.
- symptomatic: Subjects were reviewed weekly to ensure an increase in ultrafiltrate volume and to avoid side effects such as symptomatic hypotension.
- reproducible: Do elderly patients with symptomatic and reproducible orthostatic hypotension demonstrate reduced health status and quality of life when compared with healthy controls?
- systemic: The effectiveness of most vasodilators is, however, reduced in the hypertensive lung and they cause systemic hypotension.
- severe: Acute adrenal insufficiency can occur after trauma, severe hypotension and sepsis.
Preposition: with
- tachycardia: There may be a reflex decrease in heart rate, and therefore it is good for hypotension with tachycardia.
Preposition: in
- patient: The dose must be carefully chosen to avoid hypotension in a patient who may also be hypovolaemic.
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