USMLE FA 2016 page 247 Abbreviation Question

[justadream]

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Not sure if I'm allowed to post a screenshot so I won't but what does "PP" stanford in the diagram on that page?

The context is that Norepinephrine, Epinephrine, and Isopreternol all cause increased "PP" - with Isoproternol causing greatly increased "PP"

I looked in the abbreviations section at the back of the book and couldn't find it either.

 

[Reperfused]

Pulse pressure

 

[justadream]

Pulse pressure

Thanks!

Is there a clinical significance to this (for example, is having increased PP from taking these drugs a bad thing)?

 

[ASM student]

Increased pulse pressure will make peripheral pulsations stronger maybe even felt by the patient (head nodding and all other peripheral signs of aortic regurgitation is due to increased pulse pressure).

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