white-coat hypertension

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Definition von white-coat hypertension im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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white-coat hypertension

Alternative spelling of white coat hypertension

white-coat hypertension

temporary rise in blood pressure in the doctor's office

white coat hypertension

Elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment

Patients with white coat hypertension did not show a generalized increase of blood pressure lability, nor an exaggerated pressor response while at work. . . . In such patients, the pressor response may be relatively specific to the physician's office and lead to significant misclassification of hypertension.

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white-coat hy-per-ten-sion