Generality The pressure meter is the instrument used - both in the medical field and in the home environment - to determine the arterial pressure of an individual. The pressure meter allows you to obtain information on both systolic blood pressure (also known as maximum pressure) and diastolic blood pressure (better known as minimum pressure)
Category blood pressure
Related articles: Orthostatic hypotension Definition Orthostatic hypotension consists of a sharp and significant reduction in arterial pressure when a person stands up from a sitting or lying position. In order to be able to speak for all effects of orthostatic hypotension, this reduction must be at least 20 milligrams of mercury (mmHg) for systolic blood pressure and / or at least 10 mmHg for diastolic blood, with respect to the values detected with the patient in position sitting or lying down (tilting). Or