hypotension
Americannoun
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decreased or lowered blood pressure.
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a disease or condition characterized by this symptom.
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Non-motor symptoms include depression, anxiety, apathy, hallucinations, constipation, orthostatic hypotension, sleep disorders, loss of sense of smell, and cognitive impairments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Concerns were raised overnight when Joshua’s blood pressure dropped significantly, but action to address the hypotension was not taken until 05:00 BST that morning.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2024
As a result, nanoparticles are attacked by immune cells triggering side effects that include shortness of breath, elevated heart rate, fever, hypotension, and, in rare cases, anaphylactic shock.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2023
The inspector general said the medical staff should have been more proactive in treating him as he exhibited major weight loss, hypotension and falls.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
These cases are not necessarily associated with hypertension; on the contrary there is more apt to be hypotension.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
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