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HYPERTENSIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who has abnormally high blood pressure
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hypertensive" is a kind of...):
patient (a person who requires medical care)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having abnormally high blood pressure
Classified under:
Antonym:
hypotensive (having abnormally low blood pressure)
normotensive (having normal blood pressure)
Context examples:
Alcohol consumption was associated with a higher risk of stroke, heart failure, fatal aortic aneurysms, fatal hypertensive disease and heart failure and there were no clear thresholds where drinking less did not have a benefit.
(Drinking more than five pints a week could shorten your life, University of Cambridge)
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy complicate more than 10% of pregnancies worldwide and are a leading cause of maternal and fetal illness and death.
(Pregnancy hypertension risk increased by traffic-related air pollution, National Institutes of Health)
Of women with stage 1 high blood pressure (130/80 to 130/89 mmHg), 37.8% developed a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, an 80% greater risk than women with normal blood pressure.
(Elevated blood pressure in first trimester increases risk for blood pressure disorder later in pregnancy, National Institutes of Health)
Using their standard four-tier scale to classify human hazards, NTP looked at the combined evidence from the individual components and concluded that TRAP is a presumed human hazard for hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, though they weren’t able to distinguish between the four types of disorders.
(Pregnancy hypertension risk increased by traffic-related air pollution, National Institutes of Health)
Of women who had elevated blood pressure in the first trimester (120/80 to 129/80 mmHg), 30.3% developed a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, a 42% higher risk than for women with normal blood pressure (less than 120/80 mmHg).
(Elevated blood pressure in first trimester increases risk for blood pressure disorder later in pregnancy, National Institutes of Health)
What we found when we reviewed the literature is that exposure to PM2.5 from traffic emissions was associated with development of hypertensive disorders in pregnant women, said Brandy Beverly, Ph.D., lead scientist and researcher at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health.
(Pregnancy hypertension risk increased by traffic-related air pollution, National Institutes of Health)
An increase in diastolic pressure (the bottom number) was associated with a 23% higher risk of a hypertensive disorder, compared to women who had a decrease in diastolic pressure during this time.
(Elevated blood pressure in first trimester increases risk for blood pressure disorder later in pregnancy, National Institutes of Health)
Pregnant women may experience four types of hypertensive disorders: Gestational hypertension, or high blood pressure, in the second half of pregnancy. Preeclampsia, or high blood pressure with protein in urine or impaired liver or kidney function, in the second half of pregnancy. If preeclampsia worsens and causes seizures, it becomes eclampsia – a serious condition for mother and child with the potential to be fatal. Chronic hypertension, or high blood pressure before pregnancy or early in pregnancy, that continues throughout pregnancy.
(Pregnancy hypertension risk increased by traffic-related air pollution, National Institutes of Health)
The results suggest that blood pressure readings lower than those traditionally used to identify women as having high blood pressure may indicate a higher risk for a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, such as gestational high blood pressure, which develops after the 20th week of pregnancy, and preeclampsia, or high blood pressure and protein in the urine.
(Elevated blood pressure in first trimester increases risk for blood pressure disorder later in pregnancy, National Institutes of Health)
For example, even among women with normal blood pressure in the first trimester, an increase in systolic pressure (the top number) was associated with a 41% higher risk of any hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, compared to women with a decrease in systolic pressure between the first and second trimester.
(Elevated blood pressure in first trimester increases risk for blood pressure disorder later in pregnancy, National Institutes of Health)
