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hypotension

or low blood pressure

Condition in which blood pressure is abnormally low. It may result from reduced blood volume (e.g., from heavy bleeding or plasma loss after severe burns) or increased blood-vessel capacity (e.g., in syncope). Orthostatic hypotension—drop in blood pressure on standing—results from failure of the reflexes that contract muscles and constrict blood vessels in the legs to offset gravity as one rises. Hypotension is also a factor in poliomyelitis, shock, and barbiturate poisoning.

hypotension

Pathol abnormally low blood pressure

hypotension [¦hī·pō′ten·chən]

(medicine)

Abnormally low blood pressure, commonly considered to be levels below 100 diastolic and 40 systolic.

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hypotension (redirected from low blood pressure)

hypotension

hypotension
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