| Descriptor English: | Blood Pressure | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Presión Sanguínea                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Pressão Sanguínea | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Pression sanguine | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Diastolic Pressure Pressure, Blood Pressure, Diastolic Pressure, Pulse Pressure, Systolic Pressures, Systolic Pulse Pressure Systolic Pressure  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        E01.370.600.875.249 G09.330.380.076  | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001794 | ||||||
| Scope note: | PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS. | 
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| Annotation: | general; note specifics;  pressure within a specific vessel: coordinate vessel / physiol (IM) + BLOOD PRESSURE (NIM); do not add SYSTOLE; DIASTOLE; or PULSE unless particularly discussed; with diseases coordinate IM with disease / physiopathol (IM), not / blood (IM); differentiate from HYPERTENSION & HYPOTENSION | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        DE                                                            drug effects GE genetics IM immunology PH physiology RE radiation effects  | 
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| Related: | 
                                                                                                                        Hypertension
                                            MeSH                                             Hypotension MeSH  | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 1821 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D001794 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/06/22 | 
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Diagnosis [E01]Diagnosis 
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                        Blood Pressure                                            
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                        Diastolic Pressure                                            
                                        - Narrower                                        
                                                                
                                
                                                                    
                        Pulse Pressure                                            
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                        Systolic Pressure                                            
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                | Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0002706 | 
                                
| Scope note | PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS. | 
| Preferred term | Blood Pressure | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Pressure, Blood                                                 | 
                                
| Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0365971 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Diastolic Pressure | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Pressure, Diastolic                                                 | 
                                
| Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0365970 | 
                                
| Scope note | Difference between systolic and diastolic pressures. | 
| Preferred term | Pulse Pressure | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Pressure, Pulse                                                 | 
                                
| Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0365972 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Systolic Pressure | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Pressure, Systolic                                                 Pressures, Systolic  | 
                                
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