postural hypotension.
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Postural hypotension — A drop in blood pressure (hypotension) due to a change in body position (posture) when a person moves to a more vertical position: from sitting to standing or from lying down to sitting or standing. Postural hypotension is more common in older… … Medical dictionary
postural hypotension — noun low blood pressure occurring in some people when they stand up • Syn: ↑orthostatic hypotension • Hypernyms: ↑hypotension … Useful english dictionary
postural hypotension — see hypotension … The new mediacal dictionary
postural hypotension. — See orthostatic hypotension … Useful english dictionary
Hypotension orthostatique — Classification et ressources externes CIM 10 I95.1 CIM 9 458.0 DiseasesDB … Wikipédia en Français
Hypotension, postural — A drop in blood pressure (hypotension) due to a change in body position (posture) when a person moves to a more vertical position: from sitting to standing or from lying down to sitting or standing. Postural hypotension is more common in older… … Medical dictionary
Postural — Pertaining to the posture or position of the body, the attitude or carriage of the body as a whole, or the position of the limbs (the arms and legs). Postural hypotension is thus a drop in blood pressure (hypotension) due to a change in body… … Medical dictionary
Hypotension — In physiology and medicine, hypotension refers to an abnormally low blood pressure. This is best understood as a physiologic state, rather than a disease. It is often associated with shock, though not necessarily indicative of it. Hypotension is… … Wikipedia
Hypotension, orthostatic — A temporary lowering of blood pressure (hypotension) due usually to suddenly standing up (orthostatic). Orthostatic hypotension may be experienced by healthy people it is more common in older people who rise quickly from a chair, especially after … Medical dictionary
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome — (often referred to as just postural tachycardia syndrome or POTS) is a condition of dysautonomia, and more specifically, orthostatic intolerance, in which a change from the supine position to an upright position causes an abnormally large… … Wikipedia
