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HYPOTENSION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormally low blood pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hypotension" is a kind of...):

cardiovascular disease (a disease of the heart or blood vessels)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hypotension"):

orthostatic hypotension; postural hypotension (low blood pressure occurring in some people when they stand up)

Antonym:

hypertension (a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater))

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 Context examples: 

This drug may cause hypotension, bradycardia, nausea, vomiting, bronchospasm, and abdominal cramps.

(Carbachol, NCI Thesaurus)

This reaction includes , but is not limited to, flushing, headache, respiratory difficulty, nausea,vomiting, sweating, thirst, chest pain, tachycardia, blurred vision and hypotension.

(Disulfiram, NCI Thesaurus)

Cisatracurium besylate can cause bronchospasms, hypotension, and bradycardia.

(Cisatracurium Besylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Progression of anaphylaxis into systemic shock, which is characterized by significant reduction in tissue perfusion which leads to hypoxia and hypotension, and can lead to death if untreated.

(Anaphylactic shock, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinically, it presents with breathing difficulty, dizziness, hypotension, cyanosis and loss of consciousness and may lead to death.

(Anaphylaxis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

It results from the release of histamine and histamine-like substances from mast cells, and can present with breathing difficulty due to narrowed airways, dizziness and hypotension, skin rash, weak pulse, nausea and vomiting.

(Anaphylaxis, NCI Thesaurus)

Cardiac tamponade should usually be documented by either: Echocardiogram showing pericardial fluid and signs of tamponade such as right heart compromise, or systemic hypotension due to pericardial fluid compromising cardiac function.

(Cardiac Tamponade, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Platelet Activating Factor Stabilization inhibits conjugation, transport, oxidation, or proteolysis of a phospholipid derivative (platelet activating factor) formed by platelets, basophils, neutrophils, monocytes, and macrophages that acts as a potent agent of platelet aggregation, inflammation, neutrophil activity, prostaglandin synthesis, and systemic anaphylaxis: hypotension, thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, and bronchoconstriction.

(Platelet Activating Factor Stabilization, NCI Thesaurus)

Platelet Activating Factor Degradation consists of conjugation, transport, and/or oxidation of a phospholipid derivative (platelet activating factor) formed by platelets, basophils, neutrophils, monocytes, and macrophages that acts as a potent agent of platelet aggregation, inflammation, neutrophil activity, prostaglandin synthesis, and systemic anaphylaxis: hypotension, thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, and bronchoconstriction.

(Platelet Activating Factor Degradation, NCI Thesaurus)

Acute hypotension or cardiac arrest, acute hypoxia or coagulopathy in the absence of any other potential explanation related to the presence of amniotic fluid or the fetal debris within the maternal vascular system during the antepartum or intrapartum period.

(Amniotic Fluid Embolism, NCI Thesaurus)