Low Arterial Pressure

Low Arterial Pressure

Low arterial pressure* (Hypopiesis) is a term applied to low arterial pressure in general, whether physiological or pathological, temporary or permanent, congenital or acquired. Hypopiesia (primary low arterial pressure) is a clinical series of primary congenital, constitutional or familial origin, characterised by persistently lowered arterial pressure occurring as a part of a low vitality sta...

Effect of Islamic fasting on mean arterial pressure

Introduction: World Health Organization (WHO) introduced hypertension as an epidemic in developing countries. However, hypertension is adequately controlled in only 12.5% of patients.  The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between Ramadan fasting and mean arterial pressure (MAP). Methods: This clinical, observational study was carried out at Medical O.P.D of Jinnah Medical Coll...

Low dialysate potassium and central arterial pressure waveform

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular mortality is high in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Early arterial pressure wave reflections predict mortality in HD patients, and HD acutely improves the central pressure waveform. Potassium (K) plays a crucial role in cardiac electrophysiology, and patients with end-stage kidney disease depend on HD for neutral K balance. We aimed to study the impact of dialysate K conc...

Arterial Pressure

Arterial hypotension: prevalence of low blood pressure in the general population using ambulatory blood pressure

Background: Chronic constitutional hypotension has been described in a proportion of the population, and has a symptom complex ascribed to it. The true prevalence of low blood pressure in the normal population has not been defined. Aim of study; This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of low blood pressure states, as measured using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, in a genera...