NUR 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Systolic Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease, Secondary Hypertension
5 Jun 2019
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Glossary: dyslipidemia, monotherapy, hypertensive emergency, primary hypertension, hypertensive urgency, rebound hypertension. Epidemiology: most common chronic disease: united states, world-wide. If not treated, related to: myocardial infarction; heart failure; stroke; chronic kidney disease: effective treatment, lifestyle changes (diet, exercise, smoking cessation, medication regimens. Seventh report of the joint national commission on prevention, detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood. Systolic blood pressure reading > 140 mm hg: diastolic blood pressure reading > 90 mm. Hg: based on the average of 2 or more blood pressure measurements taken during 2 or more contacts with health care providers. Silent killer: risk factor for atherosclerotic heart disease; other risk factors: dyslipidemia, obesity, dm, family hx, sedentary. Sign for changes in lifestyle lifestyle and sleep apnea: hypertension also classified as a disease. Sequelae of hypertension: blood vessel damage: heart, kidney, brain, eyes, organ damage: mi, stroke, renal failure, impaired vision, heart failure-hypertrophy of lv, blood pressure control is critical.
