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DeCS

Descriptor English:

Blood Pressure

Descriptor Spanish:

Presión Sanguínea

Descriptor Portuguese:

Pressão Arterial

Synonyms English:

Systolic Pressure
Diastolic Pressure

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Definition English:

PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS.

Indexing Annotation English:

GEN; note specifics; "arterial" pressure = BLOOD PRESSURE and not also ARTERIES unless a specific artery; pressure within a specific vessel: coord vessel /physiol (IM) + BLOOD PRESSURE (NIM); do not add SYSTOLE; DIASTOLE; or PULSE unless particularly discussed; with diseases coord IM with disease /physiopathol (IM), not /blood (IM): Manual 23.28; blood pressure vs HYPERTENSION & HYPOTENSION: Manual 23.27+

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Record Number:

1821

Unique Identifier:

D001794

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