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  2. Millimetre of mercury - Wikipedia

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    A millimetre of mercury is a manometric unit of pressure, formerly defined as the extra pressure generated by a column of mercury one millimetre high, and currently defined as exactly 133.322 387 415 pascals [1] or approximately 133.322 pascals. [2] It is denoted mmHg[3] or mm Hg. [4][2]

  3. Montevideo units - Wikipedia

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    Montevideo units are a method of measuring uterine performance during labor. They were created in 1949 by two physicians, Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia and Hermogenes Alvarez, from Montevideo, Uruguay. They are exactly equal to 1 mmHg within 10 minutes. A standard adequate measurement is 200; this is generally equivalent to 27 kPa of combined ...

  4. Rate pressure product - Wikipedia

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    The calculation formula is: Rate Pressure Product (RPP) = Heart Rate (HR) * Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) The units for the Heart Rate are beats per minute and for the Blood Pressure mmHg. Rate pressure product is a measure of the stress put on the cardiac muscle based on the number of times it needs to beat per minute (HR) and the arterial ...

  5. Pulse pressure - Wikipedia

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    Pulse pressure is the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure. [1] It is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). It represents the force that the heart generates each time it contracts. Healthy pulse pressure is around 40 mmHg. [1][2] A pulse pressure that is consistently 60 mmHg or greater is likely to be associated with ...

  6. Alveolar–arterial gradient - Wikipedia

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    A normal A–a gradient for a young adult non-smoker breathing air, is between 5–10 mmHg. Normally, the A–a gradient increases with age. For every decade a person has lived, their A–a gradient is expected to increase by 1 mmHg. A conservative estimate of normal A–a gradient is [age in years + 10]/ 4.

  7. Blood pressure - Wikipedia

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    The giraffe has a distinctly high arterial pressure of about 190 mm Hg, enabling blood perfusion through the 2 metres (6 ft 7 in)-long neck to the head. [110] In other species subjected to orthostatic blood pressure, such as arboreal snakes, blood pressure is higher than in non-arboreal snakes. [111]

  8. Torr - Wikipedia

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    0.019 336 77 psi. The torr (symbol: Torr) is a unit of pressure based on an absolute scale, defined as exactly ⁠ 1 760 ⁠ of a standard atmosphere (101325 Pa). Thus one torr is exactly ⁠ 101325 760 ⁠ pascals (≈ 133.32 Pa). Historically, one torr was intended to be the same as one "millimeter of mercury", but subsequent redefinitions of ...

  9. Antoine equation - Wikipedia

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    Antoine equation. The Antoine equation is a class of semi-empirical correlations describing the relation between vapor pressure and temperature for pure substances. The Antoine equation is derived from the Clausius–Clapeyron relation. The equation was presented in 1888 by the French engineer Louis Charles Antoine [fr] (1825–1897).