Definition of hypertensive in English:
hypertensive
adjective ˌhʌɪpəˈtɛnsɪvˌhaɪpərˈtɛnsɪv
Exhibiting hypertension.
Example sentencesExamples
- Fifteen children were hypertensive, with the disease in 3 children uncontrolled by diet and the usual antihypertensive drugs.
- A Swedish study in which hypertensive men had higher mortality from cardiovascular disease than non-hypertensive men presented similar findings.
- The patient was last examined 12 months postoperatively and was without hypertensive signs or symptoms.
- It is rare for malignant hypertension to cause asymmetric hypertensive retinopathy.
- An 88-year-old hypertensive man with multiple myeloma was admitted to our hospital because of a right lower lobe pneumonia.
- The key to the successful management of patients with severely elevated BP is to differentiate hypertensive crises from hypertensive urgencies.
- The effects of the drugs on clinical outcomes have not been compared in long term clinical trials in hypertensive type 2 diabetic patients.
- Researchers collected data on 380 pharmacologically treated hypertensive patients who had an ischemic stroke between 1989 and 1996.
- However, these agents are recommended for use in hypertensive patients who already have vascular disease.
- The authors conclude that targeted diabetes screening in hypertensive patients older than 55 years is the most efficient strategy.
- The study included 1,094 self-identified blacks with hypertensive kidney disease.
- A 43 year old female, diabetic, hypertensive patient presented with a two year history of clear left sided nasal discharge which was worse on bending forward.
- The patient was hypertensive and had coronary artery disease.
- In this way, another study shows that ventilatory responses to hypoxia were higher in hypertensive patients than in normotensive OSA patients.
noun ˌhʌɪpəˈtɛnsɪvˌhaɪpərˈtɛnsɪv
Medicine A person with high blood pressure.
Example sentencesExamples
- One study found insufficient sleep can contribute to increased blood pressure in hypertensives.
- This rarefaction can be found in young hypertensives and may have a hereditary component.
- In preliminary reports, exercise training in hypertensives leads to regression of left ventricular hypertrophy.
- One in four American adults have hypertension, and up to 30% of deaths in hypertensives are attributable to high blood pressure.
- You whine about hypertensives and diabetics, but some time calculate how much you make treating them.
Definition of hypertensive in US English:
hypertensive
adjectiveˌhīpərˈtensivˌhaɪpərˈtɛnsɪv
Exhibiting hypertension.
Example sentencesExamples
- However, these agents are recommended for use in hypertensive patients who already have vascular disease.
- The study included 1,094 self-identified blacks with hypertensive kidney disease.
- A Swedish study in which hypertensive men had higher mortality from cardiovascular disease than non-hypertensive men presented similar findings.
- The patient was hypertensive and had coronary artery disease.
- It is rare for malignant hypertension to cause asymmetric hypertensive retinopathy.
- In this way, another study shows that ventilatory responses to hypoxia were higher in hypertensive patients than in normotensive OSA patients.
- Fifteen children were hypertensive, with the disease in 3 children uncontrolled by diet and the usual antihypertensive drugs.
- Researchers collected data on 380 pharmacologically treated hypertensive patients who had an ischemic stroke between 1989 and 1996.
- A 43 year old female, diabetic, hypertensive patient presented with a two year history of clear left sided nasal discharge which was worse on bending forward.
- The key to the successful management of patients with severely elevated BP is to differentiate hypertensive crises from hypertensive urgencies.
- An 88-year-old hypertensive man with multiple myeloma was admitted to our hospital because of a right lower lobe pneumonia.
- The authors conclude that targeted diabetes screening in hypertensive patients older than 55 years is the most efficient strategy.
- The patient was last examined 12 months postoperatively and was without hypertensive signs or symptoms.
- The effects of the drugs on clinical outcomes have not been compared in long term clinical trials in hypertensive type 2 diabetic patients.
nounˌhīpərˈtensivˌhaɪpərˈtɛnsɪv
Medicine A person with high blood pressure.
Example sentencesExamples
- You whine about hypertensives and diabetics, but some time calculate how much you make treating them.
- This rarefaction can be found in young hypertensives and may have a hereditary component.
- One study found insufficient sleep can contribute to increased blood pressure in hypertensives.
- One in four American adults have hypertension, and up to 30% of deaths in hypertensives are attributable to high blood pressure.
- In preliminary reports, exercise training in hypertensives leads to regression of left ventricular hypertrophy.