hyperemia

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The role of the inflated blood pressure cuff is to occlude and then release blood flow to assess reactive hyperemia (RH), the normal blood flow response that occurs when occlusion is released.

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  • Red eyes, or hyperemia, are the typical, telltale symptom of pinkeye. —  WebMD Health
  • They also participate in detection, propagation, and modulation of excitatory synaptic signals, provide metabolic support to the active neurons, and contribute to functional hyperemia in the active brain tissue. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • It is possible that, as evidence accumulates, the paradigms currently used to explain acute renal failure in sepsis will shift from ischemia and vasoconstriction to hyperemia and vasodilation and from acute tubular necrosis to acute tubular apoptosis or simply tubular cell dysfunction or exfoliation. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The most common adverse events in the bimatoprost group were conjunctival hyperemia (3. 6\%), skin hyperpigmentation (2. 9\%), and ocular irritation, dry eye, and eyelid erythema (2\% each). —  MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians
  • The role of the inflated blood pressure cuff is to occlude and then release blood flow to assess reactive hyperemia (RH), the normal blood flow response that occurs when occlusion is released. —  RxPG News : Latest Medical, Healthcare and Research News
 

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/hajpər ˈi mɪ ə/
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