Systolic Pressure

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
SP
Pronunciation
/sɪˈstɒlɪk ˈpreʃər/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. The first pumping sound your doctor hears is recorded as the systolic pressure, and the last sound is the diastolic pressure.
  2. Finger systolic pressure and response to cold challenge ( digital artery closing temperature ) can be measured by using the Neilson technique.
  3. Elevated systolic pressure alone, particularly common in older people, is just as dangerous as elevations of both systolic and diastolic pressure.
  4. An elevation of the systolic pressure without an elevation of the diastolic pressure, as occurs in isolated systolic hypertension, therefore, increases the pulse pressure.
  5. Conclusions : The measurement of tissue pressure systolic pressure and diastolic pressure has great clinical significance in the guidance of oppaortune time foa fasciotomy.

Other meanings of SP