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Pulse Pressure

Aka: Pulse Pressure, Narrow Pulse Pressure
  1. Definitions
    1. Pulse Pressure
      1. Difference between systolic pressure and diastolic pressure
      2. Represents the force of cardiac contraction
  2. Exam: Normal Pulse Pressure
    1. Range: 30-40 mmHg
  3. Causes: Wide (high) Pulse Pressure (>40 mmHg)
    1. Pathophysiology in Isolated Systolic Hypertension
      1. Suggests reduced large artery vascular compliance
      2. Best Blood Pressure marker for cardiovascular risk
    2. Causes
      1. Isolated Systolic Hypertension
      2. Aortic Regurgitation
      3. Thyrotoxicosis
      4. Patent Ductus Arteriosus
      5. Arteriovenous Fistula
      6. Beriberi heart
      7. Aortic Coarctation
      8. Anemia
      9. Emotional state
  4. Causes: Narrow Pulse Pressure (<30 mmHg)
    1. Pathophysiology in Hypovolemic Shock
      1. Sympathetic response to decreased circulating Blood Volume
      2. Diastolic Blood Pressure increase without systolic Blood Pressure increase
    2. Causes
      1. Hypovolemic Shock or Hemorrhagic Shock
        1. May predict circulatory collapse in Trauma with Hemorrhage
        2. Prehospital Narrow Pulse Pressure predicts severe Trauma and need for aggressive Resuscitation
        3. Interpret in combination with Trauma Evaluation and other markers (Hypotension, Shock Index)
        4. Schellenberg (2021) J Surg Res 268:284-90 [PubMed]
      2. Tachycardia
      3. Severe Aortic Stenosis
      4. Constrictive Pericarditis
      5. Pericardial Effusion
      6. Ascites

Narrow pulse pressure (C0240840)

Concepts Finding (T033)
SnomedCT 58283004
Italian Pressione del polso diminuita, Pressione del polso ristretta
English Pulse Pressure Narrow, Narrow arterial pulse pressure, narrowed pulse pressure, narrowed pulse pressure (physical finding), Pulse pressure decreased, narrowed pressure pulse, narrowing pressure pulse, narrow pulse pressure, decreasing pressure pulse, Pulse pressure narrow, Narrow pulse pressure, Narrow arterial pulse pressure (finding)
Japanese 脈圧低下, ﾐｬｸｱﾂﾃｲｶ, 脈圧狭小, ﾐｬｸｱﾂｷｮｳｼｮｳ
Czech Pulzní tlak snížený, Pulzní tlak úzký
Hungarian Pulzus nyomás csökkent, Pulzusnyomás szűk
Dutch polsdruk nauw, polsdruk verlaagd
French Pression du pouls restreinte, Pression du pouls diminuée
German Pulsdruck eng, Pulsdruck erniedrigt
Spanish Presión del pulso estrecha, pulso parvus, pulso pequeño (hallazgo), pulso pequeño, Presión disminuida del pulso
Portuguese Pressão de pulso estreita, Tensão diferencial diminuída
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


Pulse Pressure (C0949236)

Definition (NCI_CDISC) The change in systolic to diastolic pressure which produces a pulse.
Definition (NCI) The force of a heart contraction measured by the difference between the diastolic and systolic blood pressure measurements.
Definition (MSH) Difference between systolic and diastolic pressures.
Concepts Organism Function (T040)
MSH D001794
English Pulse pressure, pressures pulse, pulse pressure, pressure pulse, Pressure, Pulse, PULSEPR, Pulse Pressure
French Pression pulsée
German Blutdruck-Amplitude, Pulse Pressure, Pulsdruck
Italian Pressione arteriosa differenziale
Czech pulsní tlak, pulzní tlak
Norwegian Pulstrykk
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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