34538-9
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 34538-9 | ||
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| name | |||
| description | According to the American Academy of Neurology, the formal diagnosis of orthostatic hypotension requires a 20mm drop in systolic blood pressure or a 10mm drop in diastolic blood pressure within three minutes of standing. Often there is an associated increase in the heart rate, especially if dehydration or bleeding is the cause. (if the patient is taking a beta blocker, the heart rate may not be able to respond with an increase). | ||
| status | ACTIVE | ||
Fully-Specified Name | |||
| component | Orthostatic blood pressure | ||
| property | PressDiff = Difference | ||
| time | Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements. | ||
| system | Arterial system | ||
| scale | Qn = Quantitative: The result of the test is a numeric value that relates to a continuous numeric scale. Reported either as an integer, a ratio, a real number, or a range. The test result value may optionally contain a relational operator from the set {<=, <, >, >=}. Valid values for a quantitative test are of the form "7", "-7", "7.4", "-7.4", "7.8912", "0.125", "<10", "<10.15", ">12000", 1-10, 1:256 | ||
| method | |||
Additional Names | |||
| short name | Art sys; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS.POSITION.MOLEC; BP; Orthostatic BP; Point in time; Position; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
| class | BP.PSTN.MOLEC | ||
| type | 2 Clinical | ||
| order vs. observation | Orthostatic BP | ||
| example UCUM units | mm Hg The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business (www.unitsofmeasure.org) | ||
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History/Usage | |||
| first released | |||
| last updated | 2.73 | ||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||
| change reason | mm[Hg] | ||
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