white coat hypertension

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von white coat hypertension im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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.

Alternative spelling of white coat hypertension

temporary rise in blood pressure in the doctor's office

Silbentrennung

White coat hy·per·ten·sion

Türkische aussprache

hwayt kōt haypırtenşın

Aussprache

/ˈhwīt ˈkōt ˌhīpərˈtensʜən/ /ˈhwaɪt ˈkoʊt ˌhaɪpɜrˈtɛnʃən/