HYPERTENSION

  A. Overview - Introduction
  B. Facts and Stats
  C. Causes
  D. Pathophysiology
  E. Prevention
  F. Diagnosis
  G. Treatment
  H. Case Management / Case Studies
  I. Resources.

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

• What is high blood pressure (hypertension)?
• How is the blood pressure measured?
• How is blood pressure defined?
• What causes high blood pressure?
• What are the causes of secondary high blood pressure?
• What do patients feel with high blood pressure?
• How is end-organ damage assessed in the patient with high blood pressure?
• Which lifestyle modifications are beneficial in treating high blood pressure?
• How is high blood pressure treated?
• Which medications are used to treat high blood pressure?
• What about the patient's compliance with medication regimes?
• Is alternative medicine used to treat high blood pressure?
• What's new in high blood pressure?
• High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)  At A Glance

Why is HTN Important?

Definition: Systolic/diastolic blood pressure

CE Required Article #1 The “Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention,Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure”

Introduction: Hypertension

eMedicine: Hypertension
(updated May 5, 2005)
Hypertension is the most important MODIFIABLE risk factor for:

• coronary heart disease
  (the leading cause of death
  in North America),
• stroke  (the 3rd leading cause),
• congestive heart failure,
• end-stage renal disease and
• peripheral vascular disease.

• Morbidity
• Health care use

  • Ambulatory care
  • Home health care
  • Nursing home care
• Mortality
• Related Links

High Blood Pressure Statistics

Of all people with high blood pressure, 11% aren’t on therapy (special diet or drugs), 25% are on inadequate therapy, and 34% are on adequate therapy.

Questions and Answers on Hypertension

CE Required Article #2 Nat'l Heart, Lung & Blood Institute: High Blood Pressure Overview

The number of adults in U.S. with high blood pressure rose in last decade.

The number of adults in the U.S. with high blood pressure increased 30% over the last decade. . . almost a third of U.S. adults have hypertension.

General Information

HYPERTENSION HUMOR !

A Prayer for the Stressed

Diagnosing Hypertension in Cats

REVIEW PAST ISSUES

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CAUSES

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
1. stress
2. smoking
3. sodium
4. eating too much fat
5. sedentary lifestyle

Causes of Hypertension

• No known cause
• Diastolic pressure repeatedly > 90 mm Hg
• Total peripheral resistance usually increased
• Pulse pressure possibly increased or decreased

Hypertension: Preventing High Blood Pressure

New Recommendations to Prevent High Blood Pressure Issued: Additional Lifestyle Approaches Advised

Symptoms of Hypertension

List of conditions having “high blood pressure” as a complication”

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of HTN - top right table.
(NOTE: To read table information -- increase screen size to 100% - at top of your screen).

Pharmacologic Management – Primary Pulmonary HTN

Management of Hypertension in Primary Care – Clinical Practice Guideline

Less-Expensive Diuretics Found Superior in Treatment of Hypertension

Managing the Patient with Hard to Control Hypertension

Alternative Therapy

Meditation proven to lower blood pressure with no drugs, no side effects, and zero cost

Meditation can help patients stay off blood pressure medicine:
A new study in the American Journal of Hypertension says patients who practice Transcendental Meditation can keep their blood pressure in check without medicine.

Making Sense of Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Hypertension: Herbs, Dietary Supplements, Meditation among Remedies

Impact of Lifestyle Therapies: Table 3 - top left table. (NOTE: To read this table information -- increase screen size to 100% - at top of your screen).

Hypertension: The Silent Killer:
Latest Alternative Therapies
(see 4th section of this article)

New Study Reveals Treatment for ‘Silent Killer’ Using Diet, Not Drugs

Fast Medication Adjustment, Team Approach Yields Lasting Hypertension Control

Hypertension Case Conference: Yale University School of Medicine

Management of Hypertension

Resource #1

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