BloodPressure

Blood pressure (BP), sometimes referred to as arterial blood pressure, is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels, and is one of the principal vital signs.

Property	Expected Type	Description
Properties from MedicalSign
`identifyingExam`	PhysicalExam	A physical examination that can identify this sign.
`identifyingTest`	MedicalTest	A diagnostic test that can identify this sign.
Properties from MedicalSignOrSymptom
`cause`	MedicalCause	Specifying a cause of something in general. e.g in medicine , one of the causative agent(s) that are most directly responsible for the pathophysiologic process that eventually results in the occurrence.
`possibleTreatment`	MedicalTherapy	A possible treatment to address this condition, sign or symptom.
Properties from MedicalCondition
`associatedAnatomy`	AnatomicalStructure or AnatomicalSystem or SuperficialAnatomy	The anatomy of the underlying organ system or structures associated with this entity.
`atWeeksAmenorrhea`	Number	Specifying the weeks of amenorrhoea when an event occurs.
`caringEvent`	CaringEvent	Specifying an event wherein services are rendered by members of the health profession (or under their supervision) for the benefit of the patient.
`cause`	MedicalCause	Specifying a cause of something in general. e.g in medicine , one of the causative agent(s) that are most directly responsible for the pathophysiologic process that eventually results in the occurrence.
`comorbidity`	MedicalCondition	Specifying a health disorder simultaneously but independently existing with another health disorder in a human.
`differentialDiagnosis`	DDxElement	One of a set of differential diagnoses for the condition. Specifically, a closely-related or competing diagnosis typically considered later in the cognitive process whereby this medical condition is distinguished from others most likely responsible for a similar collection of signs and symptoms to reach the most parsimonious diagnosis or diagnoses in a patient.
`drug`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/410942007 or Drug	Specifying a drug or medicine used in a medication procedure
`drugAdministration`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/182832007	specifying the event of administering the drug to the patient. Typically associated with the route of administration i.e.oral, injection etc.
`drugDispensation`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/440298008	Specifying an drug dispensation event i.e the event of delivering the drug to the patient at pharmacy. This is different to the drug administration
`drugIntaken`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/129019007	Specifying an event of taking cure medication, related to a medication period
`epidemiology`	Text	The characteristics of associated patients, such as age, gender, race etc.
`expectedPrognosis`	Text	The likely outcome in either the short term or long term of the medical condition.
`medicalSign`		Specifying a sign resource
`naturalProgression`	Text	The expected progression of the condition if it is not treated and allowed to progress naturally.
`onsetMode`	OnsetMode	Specifying a way a process, an illness, or an event comes into existence
`pathophysiology`	Text	Changes in the normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions that are associated with this activity or condition.
`possibleComplication`	Text	A possible unexpected and unfavorable evolution of a medical condition. Complications may include worsening of the signs or symptoms of the disease, extension of the condition to other organ systems, etc.
`possibleTreatment`	MedicalTherapy	A possible treatment to address this condition, sign or symptom.
`primaryPrevention`	MedicalTherapy	A preventative therapy used to prevent an initial occurrence of the medical condition, such as vaccination.
`recommendedTreatment`	TherapeuticProcedure or Drug	Specifying a recommended treatment of a given patient (like pediatric person) or a medical condition.
`riskFactor`	MedicalRiskFactor	A modifiable or non-modifiable factor that increases the risk of a patient contracting this condition, e.g. age, coexisting condition.
`secondaryPrevention`	MedicalTherapy	A preventative therapy used to prevent reoccurrence of the medical condition after an initial episode of the condition.
`signOrSymptom`	MedicalSignOrSymptom	A sign or symptom of this condition. Signs are objective or physically observable manifestations of the medical condition while symptoms are the subjective experience of the medical condition.
`stage`	MedicalConditionStage	The stage of the condition, if applicable.
`subtype`	Text	A more specific type of the condition, where applicable, for example 'Type 1 Diabetes', 'Type 2 Diabetes', or 'Gestational Diabetes' for Diabetes.
`treatment`	MedicalTherapy or TherapeuticProcedure or Drug or http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/277132007	Specifying a treatment or management or therapeutic procedures for a disorder or a patient
`typicalTest`	MedicalTest	A medical test typically performed given this condition.
Properties from ClinicalFinding
`anatomicalOrgan`	AnatomicalOrgan	Specifying the anatomical organ for a resource
`anatomicalRegion`	AnatomicalRegion	Specifying the anatomical region for a resource
`anatomicalStructure`	AnatomicalStructure	Specifying the anatomical structure for a resource
`anatomicalSystem`	AnatomicalSystem	Specifying the anatomical system for a resource
`bodySide`	Text	Specifying the laterality of the body structure, body organ, or body region.
`healthFacility`	HealthFacility	Specifying a health facility where care is being given.
`interpretation`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/243814003 or http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/277034006	Specifying an interpretation of something or concise and clinically contextualized narrative interpretation of laboratory results or medical test.
`medicalClinic`	MedicalClinic	Specifying the medical clinic where a procedure or a care event is taking place or attended by a patient.
`medicalDepartment`	MedicalDepartment	Specifying the medical department where a procedure or a care event is taking place or attended by a patient.
`medicalRoom`	MedicalRoom	Specifying the medical room where a procedure or a care event is taking place or attended by a patient.
`medicalUnit`	MedicalUnit	Specifying the medical department unit where a procedure or a care event is taking place or attended by a patient.
`medicalWard`	MedicalWard	Specifying the medical ward (a set of rooms) where a procedure or a care event is taking place or attended by a patient.
`physicalExamination`	PhysicalExam	Specifying a physical examination procedure resource for a patient or a person
Properties from MedicalEntity
`alternateName`	Text	An alias for the item.
`belongsTo`	MedicalEntity	Specifying a resource to which another resource belongs. Typically here it's used to link a medicalRecord to the Patient where isPartOf can't be used'. e.g :MedicalRecord schema:belongsTo :Patient
`bodyPosition`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/364830008	Specifying a position of human body or anatomical entity in given space e.g. Supine body position, standing position, sitting position etc.
`causalityStatus`	MedicalEntity	Causality score or ranking following a codified system (like HL7 causalityExpectation) or not.
`code`	MedicalCode	A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc.
`dateTime`	DateTime	Specifying an instant of something. Typically derived from W3C Time Ontology this describes a point in time when an event or action occurs.
`guideline`	MedicalGuideline	A medical guideline related to this entity.
`interval`	QuantitativeValue	Typically derived from W3C Time Ontology this describes a time interval when an event or action occurs.
`medicalDepartment`	MedicalDepartment	Specifying the medical department where a procedure or a care event is taking place or attended by a patient.
`medicalScore`	MedicalScore	Specifying a medical score resource
`medicineSystem`	MedicineSystem	The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc.
`physiologicalRole`	PhysiologicalEntity	Specifying any physiological role of something
`playsRole`	MedicalEntity	Specifying the role played by an agent
`possibleCause`	MedicalEntity	Specifying a possible cause of something
`rankOrder`	Number	The rank order number of something. Typically used together with schema:numerator and schema:denominator. eg. refill number 4 out of 10.
`recognizingAuthority`	Organization	If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine.
`relevantSpecialty`	MedicalSpecialty	If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant.
`severity`	Severity	Specifying a severity evaluation of a disease: typically by classification resource or ranking scale: mild, moderate, severe, life threatening or fatal
`study`	MedicalStudy	A medical study or trial related to this entity.
`totalValue`	Number	Total number of something.
Properties from Thing
`additionalType`	URL	An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
`alternateName`	Text	An alias for the item.
`description`	Text	A short description of the item.
`image`	ImageObject or URL	URL of an image of the item.
`name`	Text	The name of the item.
`potentialAction`	Action	Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
`sameAs`	URL	URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Freebase page, or official website.
`url`	URL	URL of the item.

Instances of BloodPressure may appear as values for the following properties

Property	On Types	Description
`bloodPressure`	Person	Specifying the blood pressure resource of a patient

Schema Version 1.8

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Thing > MedicalEntity > ClinicalFinding > MedicalCondition > MedicalSignOrSymptom > MedicalSign > VitalSign > BloodPressure