# Blood pressure

Biomarker · id `core:blood-pressure` · Maternal & Newborn Atlas · release `15708f235d73cd42` (public)

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Also called: BP

## In plain language

How hard the blood pushes on the arteries and other blood vessels. Oscillometric blood pressure devices estimate a systolic value and a diastolic value.

## Technical summary

MeSH descriptor D001794, Blood Pressure. Systolic and diastolic pressure are the two values that oscillometric devices estimate. Diagnostic thresholds and targets are not part of this identity. Each belongs in a cited claim about a named guideline edition.

## Provenance

Content hash: 8a61b189915978dbb45ce98eab06f73f1d7d00ef4f83a082c9b5634b4cf35269
Last substantive edit: 2026-10-11
Evidence last checked: 2026-10-11