SYSTOLIC PRESSURE (FIRST AFTER ADMISSION)

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SYSTOLIC PRESSURE (FIRST AFTER ADMISSION) is the same as attribute SYSTOLIC PRESSURE.

The first systolic blood pressure recorded after admission to hospital. The patient should be in a stable cardiac rhythm, i.e. sinus or chronic AF. Where the presenting rhythm is a treatable tachyarrhythmia, the first stable SBP after treatment should be used.

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Systolic BP

 

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plural SYSTOLIC PRESSURE (FIRST AFTER ADMISSION)