Klarinet Archive - Posting 000212.txt from 2001/06

From: "Diane Karius" <Dkarius@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] hypertension (was curved fingers)
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 17:06:29 -0400

FYI: This particular phnomona is fairly common (don't have exact numbers =
at hand and am busy...) - it is often listed as "white-coat hypertension" =
(the white coat being that of the doctor/clinician who is taking the =
blood pressure). =20

RE: the beta blockers - I have some references that various people may =
find useful but am too busy to get them now. I'll try to get them =
together by the end of the week - feel free to email me if there's =
specific info you want. =20

Diane R. Karius, Ph.D.=20
Department of Physiology
University of Health Sciences
1750 Independence Ave.=20
Kansas City, MO 64106
(816)-283-2219
dkarius@-----.edu
www.uhsweb.edu/physio

>>> leupold_1@-----.com 06/04/01 10:03AM >>> wrote: =20

It's very interesting. The soprano with whom I regularly
perform chamber music doesn't have high blood pressure, but
there is a history of it in her family. She related to me
last night how her blood pressure shoots through the roof
at the mere *mention* of a sphygmomanometer (blood pressure
gauge). =20

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