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hypotensive

hypotensive

9 8.2
Having lower than normal blood pressure that can make you dizzy
  • adjective
  • /ˌhaɪpəˈtɛnsɪv/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hipotensivo
  • Despite fluid boluses and blood transfusions, Ryan remained hypotensive and continued to have fluid losses from his GI tract.
  • hypotensive anesthesia
  • the hypotensive patient

Examples

  • Several hours after the completion of the chemotherapeutic treatment, the patient became acutely hypotensive and cyanotic, and ischemic changes were noted on his nose and digits.

    Academic text (2006)
  • During hypotensive general anesthesia, a target blood pressure of 50 to 65 mm Hg is safe for young, otherwise healthy patients.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The possible complications of hypotensive general anesthesia primarily involve the nervous system.

    Academic text (2006)
  • She was returned to the operating room where she continued to bleed and became hypotensive (60 mmHg) upon induction of anesthesia.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Hypotensive general anesthesia may be appropriate for several types of operations, including head and neck surgery, neurosurgery, large orthopedic procedures, and a variety of plastic surgical procedures.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Hypotensive anesthesia is effective in lessening blood loss, but there may be more blood loss postoperatively, and the patient may be hypotensive (Feingold et al., 1991).

    Academic text (2005)
  • We did not perform preoperative embolization because we believe that intraoperative bleeding of lesions that have not spread extensively can be controlled by good hypotensive general anesthesia.

    Academic text (2006)
  • They placed pulmonary artery catheters in those 55 patients and administered dobutamine to 23 of those patients who remained hypotensive after fluid resuscitation.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Therefore, we believe that intraoperative bleeding can be adequately controlled with good hypotensive general anesthesia in patients whose tumor does not extend into the infratemporal fossa or cranium.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The doctor explained that she was hypotensive due to dehydration and needed immediate treatment.

Antonyms

hypertensive
  • Specialized
9 6.5

Having very high blood pressure

How Low

hypotensive
  • Specialized
9 8.2
normotensive
  • Specialized
8.1

Surface Forms

hypotensive positive

Morphology

hypotensive = hypotension (semi-transparent) = hypo + tension + ive

The adjective is regularly formed from 'hypotension' with '-ive', but the medical sense is specialized rather than fully obvious to a general learner.

Etymology

Hypotensive comes from the parts hypo- meaning 'under' and tensive linked to tension meaning 'pressure', so the word points to 'lower pressure' and is used for someone or something with abnormally low blood pressure.