White Coat Hypertension

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A transient increase in blood pressure that occurs in apprehensive patients on seeing a ‘white coat’, especially if the patient is female and the doctor male. This may result in mislabelling the patient as having hypertension and treating as such

white coat hypertension

Office hypertension A transient ↑ in blood pressure that occurs in apprehensive Pts on seeing a 'white coat', especially if the Pt is ♀ and the doctor ♂, possibly resulting in inappropriate anti-hypertensive therapy. Cf Pseudohypertension, Small cuff syndrome.

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