Signal Specifications
Typical Units mm Hg (1 mm Hg= 1330 dynes/cm^2) Normal Values (Adults): 120/80 Aortic Phasic 25/10 Pulmonary Artery 5 Venous Mean -5 Intrathoracic >300 Systolic <20 Diastolic 30< x <200 Mean
Signal Acronyms used by Physionet
Names of signals that can be found in PhysioBank that are related to blood pressure are listed alphabetically in the table below. Please let us know if you encounter errors or omissions.
| Name | Class | Description | |
| ABP_1/2 | BP | ||
| ABP_2/2 | BP | ||
| ABP | BP | arterial blood pressure | |
| ABPdias | BP | diastolic arterial blood pressure | |
| ABPDias | BP | ||
| ABPDiasTrend | BP | ||
| ABPmean | BP | mean arterial blood pressure | |
| ABPMean | BP | ||
| ABPMeanTrend | BP | ||
| ABPSQI | BP | arterial blood pressure signal quality index | |
| ABPsys | BP | systolic arterial blood pressure | |
| ABPSys | BP | ||
| ABPSysTrend | BP | ||
| AOBP_1/2 | BP | ||
| ART_1/2 | BP | ||
| ART 1 | BP | ||
| ART1 | BP | ||
| ART1dias | BP | ||
| ART1mean | BP | ||
| ART1sys | BP | ||
| ART_2/2 | BP | ||
| ART | BP | arterial blood pressure | |
| ARTdias | BP | diastolic arterial blood pressure | |
| ARTmean | BP | mean arterial blood pressure | |
| ARTsys | BP | systolic arterial blood pressure | |
| BP | BP | blood pressure, not otherwise specified | |
| CPP | BP | ||
| CVP_1/2 | BP | ||
| CVP_1/3 | BP | ||
| CVP_2/2 | BP | ||
| CVP_2/3 | BP | ||
| CVP_3/3 | BP | ||
| CVP 3 | BP | ||
| CVP | BP | central venous pressure | |
| ICP_1/3 | BP | intracranial pressure | |
| ICP_2/3 | BP | ||
| ICP_3/3 | BP | ||
| LAP | BP | left atrial pressure | |
| NBP_1/2 | BP | noninvasive (arterial) blood pressure | |
| NBP_2/2 | BP | ||
| NBPdias | BP | ||
| NBPDias | BP | ||
| NBPmean | BP | ||
| NBPMean | BP | ||
| NBPsys | BP | ||
| NBPSys | BP | ||
| No PAP | off | ||
| P4dias | BP | ||
| P4mean | BP | ||
| P4sys | BP | ||
| PA | BP | ||
| PAP_1/2 | BP | ||
| PAP_2/2 | BP | ||
| PAP 2 | BP | ||
| PAP | BP | pulmonary arterial pressure | |
| PAPdias | BP | diastolic pulmonary arterial pressure | |
| PAPDias | BP | ||
| PAPmean | BP | mean pulmonary arterial pressure | |
| PAPMean | BP | ||
| PAP off | off | ||
| PAPsys | BP | systolic pulmonary arterial pressure | |
| PAPSys | BP | ||
| PAWP_1/2 | BP | ||
| PAWP_1/3 | BP | ||
| PAWP_2/3 | BP | ||
| PAWP_3/3 | BP | ||
| PAWP | BP | pulmonary artery wedge pressure | |
| Pressure 1 | BP | ||
| Pressure1 | BP | ||
| Pressure 2 | BP | ||
| Pressure 3 | BP | ||
| Pressure 4 | BP | ||
| Pressure | BP | ||
| Pressure | BP | ||
| RAP_1/2 | BP | right atrial pressure | |
| RAP_1/3 | BP | ||
| RAP_2/3 | BP | ||
| RAP_3/3 | BP | ||
| UAP_1/2 | BP | ||
| UAP_2/2 | BP | ||
| UAP | BP | ||
| UAPdias | BP | ||
| UAPmean | BP | ||
| UAPsys | BP |
List of Individual Records
List of all records that have a blood pressure signal can be downloaded as text or as a html linked to the ATM signal viewer.
References & Additional Resources
Sun, J., Reisner, A., Mark, R., “A Signal Abnormality Index for Arterial Blood Pressure Waveforms,” (2006), Computers in Cardiology, 33, 13-16.
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