Definition
Elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.
Origins
From white coat + hypertension, due to the typical uniform of a medical practitioner.
In Context
- "Patients with white coat hypertension did not show a generalized increase of blood pressure lability, nor an exaggerated pressor response while at work. . . . In such patients, the pressor response may be relatively specific to the physician's office and lead to significant misclassification of hypertension."
Also Said As
- white coat effect
- white coat syndrome
- white coat high blood pressure