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NR-603 Advanced Clinical Diagnosis and Practice Across the Lifespan Practicum Week 3 Readings (Chapter 122,126 & 211) NR-603 Advanced Clinical Diagnosis and Practice Across the Lifespan Practicum ... Week 3 Readings (Chapter 122,126 & 211) Chapter 122 Hypertension Blood pressure is the force in arterial structures created by interplay of flow, volume, and constriction. • High blood pressure, or hypertension, has been defined by determining the levels of blood pressure that cause target organ damage, morbidity, and mortality as arterial flow is delivered. • It is known that 95% of all hypertension is primary, or essential, hypertension and has no known cause. • The remaining 5% is termed secondary hypertension and is directly attributable to structural, circulatory, or chemical abnormalities. 1/3 of adult Americans have hypertension. Hypertension is a risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), heart failure, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, kidney disease, and retinopathy and therefore represents a significant public health threat. Both systolic and diastolic blood pressures rise throughout childhood and early and middle adulthood; each is an independent predictor of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, occurring alone or concurrently, in individuals younger than 50 years. • The rate of rise in diastolic blood pressure tends to level off or to drop slightly in approximately the fifth decade of life. • Systolic blood pressure continues to rise with advancing age, making isolated systolic hypertension more prevalent in the older adult. • There is a higher prevalence of hypertension among men until they reach the mid-50s. [Show More]

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