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LOINC 2.82

Pediatric blood pressure screening results

Definition

  • Interpretation and review of screening blood pressure results - Clinicians use the blood pressure percentile and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's Blood Pressure Tables for Children and Adolescents to interpret blood pressure results when screening for hypertension. The 95th percentile provides a BP level that defines hypertension.

Component

  • Pediatric blood pressure screening results

Specimen / system

  • ^Patient

Class

  • SURVEY.GNHLTH

Property

  • Imp

Scale

  • Ord

Related names

  • Asympt; Asymptomatic; BP; Impression; Impression/interpretation of study; Impressions; Interp; Interpretation; Ordinal; PEDS; Peds B/P screening results; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Scn; Screen; Survey; SURVEY.GNHLTH

Index terms

  • Asympt
  • Asymptomatic
  • BP
  • Impression
  • Impression/interpretation of study
  • Impressions
  • Interp
  • Interpretation
  • Ordinal
  • PEDS
  • Peds B/P screening results
  • Point in time
  • QL
  • Qual
  • Qualitative
  • Random
  • Scn
  • Screen
  • Survey
  • SURVEY.GNHLTH