Diastolic Arterial Pressure

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
DAP
Pronunciation
/ˌdaɪəˈstɑlɪk ɑrˈtɪriəl ˈprɛʃər/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. They were delivered to postan-esthesia care unit after operation, where systolic arterial pressure, diastolic arterial pressure, mean arterial pressure, heart rate, respiration rate and pulse oximetry were monitored with HP monitor.
  2. Baseline serum insulin level and area under insulin curve correlated to ambulatory systolic, diastolic and mean arterial pressure in hypertensive patients.
  3. With the advancement of pregnancy, the diastolic pressure, mean arterial pressure, cardiac output, heart rate and arterial compliance all showed significant increase. On the contrary, there is a marked lowering of the total peripheral resistance.
  4. 【 Conclusion 】 The decrease of diastolic pressure 、 mean arterial blood pressure and increase of urine volume in patients after paracentesis may be related to the decreased resistance of blood vessel and the increased effective volume of blood.
  5. Diurnal and nocturnal systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and mean arterial blood pressure predicted the changes in left ventricular relative wall thickness.

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