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unusual facts about blood pressure



Shaklee

They also find more favorable concentrations of chronic disease-related biomarkers such as HDL cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood of long-term Shaklee vitamin users, as well as a lower risk of elevated blood pressure, compared to the control groups.


see also

ABPI

Ankle brachial pressure index, a measure of the fall in blood pressure in the arteries supplying the legs

Arteriograph

The new technology TensioClinic Arteriograph is the first evidence based medicine diagnostic device, which reportedly measures internationally accepted arterial stiffness parameters (Pulse Wave Velocity and Augmentation Index) together with central and peripheral blood pressure in a 3-minute session.

Brownout

Greyout, a dimming of the vision caused by loss of blood pressure or hypoxia

Clinical engineering

The general notion of the application of engineering to medicine can be traced back centuries; for example, Stephen Hales's work in the early 18th century which led to the invention of a ventilator and the discovery of blood pressure certainly involved the application of engineering techniques to medicine.

DASH diet

The diet reduced systolic blood pressure by 6 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 3 mm Hg in patients with high normal blood pressure, now called "pre-hypertension."

Death of Slobodan Milošević

Lawyer Zdenko Tomanović told reporters that his client had feared Milošević was being poisoned and cited the aforementioned letter, as well as the medical report two months before his death, according to which Milošević's blood contained rifampicin - a drug that is normally used to treat leprosy and tuberculosis and which would have neutralized some of the effects of Milošević's medicines for his high blood pressure and heart condition.

Expressive Suppression

Expressive suppression has physiological influences such as decreasing heart rate, increasing blood pressure, and increasing sympathetic activation (Dan-Glauser & Gross, 2011).

Hales Peak

It was mapped from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd, 1956–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the Englishman Stephen Hales, curate of Teddington, who first estimated blood pressure, and made important advances in hygiene.

Headrush

Orthostatic hypotension, a sudden drop in blood pressure and coordination when a person stands up too quickly

LRN

Lateral reticular nucleus, a nucleus of the medulla oblongata involved with co-ordinating baroreceptor signals to control arterial blood pressure

Mark Lenzi

On March 28, 2012, Lenzi suffered fainting spells, and was taken to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, North Carolina, where his blood pressure fell to 78/48; normal being 120/80.

Rapid sequence induction

Metaraminol or ephedrine, where hypotension (low blood pressure) may occur secondary to the sedating drugs

SCLS

Capillary leak syndrome a rare medical condition where the number and size of the pores in the capillaries are increased which leads to a leakage of fluid from the blood to the interstitial fluid, resulting in dangerously low blood pressure hypotension, edema and multiple organ failiure due to limited perfusion

Sphygmograph

In 1901 Harvey Williams Cushing improved it further, and Heinrich von Recklinghausen (1867–1942) used a wider cuff, and so it became the first accurate and practical instrument for measuring blood pressure.

Well-woman examination

The most important tests included in an examination is the breast exam, pelvic exam and the pap test, although some doctors consider other testsin the examination, including measurement of blood pressure, HIV testing, and other laboratory tests such as urinalysis, CBC (Complete blood count) and testing for other sexually transmitted diseases.