Blood Pressure
What is prehypertensive diastolic blood pressure?
80 to 89
What is stage one hypertension diastolic?
90 to 99
What is stage two hypertension diastolic?
100 or higher
What is prehypertensive systolic blood pressure?
120 to 139
What is stage one hypertension systolic?
140 to 159
What is stage two hypertension systolic?
160 or higher
What tool measures blood pressure?
A sphygmomanometer
What does blood pressure constantly change due to?
Activity, diet, temperature, emotional state, body position, medication use, and overall health
What does a sphygmomanometer consist of?
An inflatable cuff with an attached pressure gauge
What does ACE inhibitor stand for?
Angiostatin-converting enzyme
How does an ACE inhibitor decrease blood pressure?
By stopping an enzyme from producing the substance that producing the hormone that increases blood pressure
What are some common side effects of ACE inhibitors?
Cough, headaches, hypotension, elevated potassium, vertigo, fatigue, rash, increased uric acid levels, angina, sun sensitivity, odd tasted increased creatinine levels
What are some complications of hypotension?
Heart and brain damage, syncope and subsequent injuries as a result of the collapse, acute mesenteric ischemia, kidney failure, shock
What are some complications of hypertension?
Heart attack, stroke, aneurysm, memory problems, embolism, atherosclerosis(hardening of arteries)
What is hypertension crisis diastolic?
Higher than 110
What is hypertension crisis systolic?
Higher than 180
High blood pressure is called?
Hypertension
How is a sphygmomanometer used?
It is placed on the upper arm and inflated to cut off blood flow. Pressure in vessel is measured as the cuff is released and blood flow returns to the artery
What is normal systolic blood pressure?
Less than 120
What is normal diastolic pressure?
Less than 80
What are some ways to control high blood pressure without medication?
Lose weight, exercise, eat healthy, eat less sodium, drink less alcohol, decrease caffeine and quit smoking
What is it measured in?
Millimeters of mercury
What is blood pressure caused by?
Movement of blood through the vessels in the body
How are blood pressure values reported as?
Systolic over diastolic
What two values is blood pressure reported at?
Systolic pressure and diastolic pressure
What is systolic pressure?
The pressure in the arteries when the ventricles are contracting
What is the blood pressure determined by?
The amount of force and quantity of blood being pumped
What does blood pressure measure?
The force applied to the arterial walls as the heart pumps blood
What causes blood pressure to rise and fall with each beat?
The heart contracting and relaxing and the on and of flow of blood into the arteries
What is diastolic pressure?
The pressure in the arteries when the ventricles are relaxing
