KINESIOL 4B03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Whitecoat, Calcium Channel Blocker, Dash Diet
20 Sep 2016
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Blood pressure review blood pressure: hydrostatic pressure exerted by blood on walls on blood vessel: systolic pressure: ventricular contraction, diastolic pressure: ventricular relaxation. Blood pressure changes throughout the day top line systolic, bottom like diastolic. Essential (primary) hypertension: high bp of unknown cause. Secondary (inessential) hypertension: high bp of identifiable origin: could be kidney problems, fluid retention, hormonal problems, nervous system sympathetic problems affecting bp we know why. Isolated systolic hypertension: elevated systolic bp, normal diastolic bp (common after 50 years) White-coat hypertension: hypertensive in clinic but normotensive at home: psychological, scared of white-coat" so bp increases. Masked hypertension: normotensive in clinic but hypertensive at home (opposite as ^) In office: 5 minutes of rest, sitting in a chair (back supported, legs uncrossed), no talking, arm at heart level, 2 measures, if high bp, confirm elevated reading in contralateral arm.
