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Pickering TG, Miller NH, Ogedegbe G, Krakoff LR, Artinian NT, Goff D. Call to Action on Use and Reimbursement for Home Blood Pressure Monitoring. A Joint Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association, American Society of Hypertension, and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. Hypertension. 2008;52(1):10-29.
The elderly population involves many health complications. According to the National Institute of Health, "the main threats are non-communicable diseases, including heart, stroke, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and dementia". Telehealth may help provide management and monitoring of chronic disease in patient homes. [6]
A minimum systolic value can be roughly estimated by palpation, most often used in emergency situations, but should be used with caution. [10] It has been estimated that, using 50% percentiles, carotid, femoral and radial pulses are present in patients with a systolic blood pressure > 70 mmHg, carotid and femoral pulses alone in patients with systolic blood pressure of > 50 mmHg, and only a ...
Guidelines for treating resistant hypertension have been published in the UK [45] and US. [46] It has been proposed that a proportion of resistant hypertension may be the result of chronic high activity of the autonomic nervous system, known as "neurogenic hypertension". [47] Low adherence to treatment is an important cause of resistant ...
Home 24h ambulatory Office Home 24h ambulatory American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (2017) [11] Normal <120 <120 <115 and <80 <80 <75 Elevated 120–129 120–129 115–124 and <80 <80 <75 Hypertension, stage 1 130–139 130–134 125–129 or 80–89 80–84 75–79 Hypertension, stage 2 ≥140 ≥135 ≥130 or ≥90 ≥85 ...
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Its name can be traced back to the 13th century, deriving from the French "pierre tourques," meaning "Turkish stone," according to the American Gem Society. Royalty over the centuries have been ...
Careful monitoring for signs of end-organ damage or progression to hypertension is an important part of the follow-up of patients with prehypertension. Any change in blood pressure classification should be confirmed on at least one subsequent visit. The major indication for pharmacologic antihypertensive therapy is progression to hypertension.