High blood pressure, (also referred to as hypertension, is when your blood pressure, the force of blood flowing through your blood vessels, is consistently too high. Learn more about high blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, you are not alone. Nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure. (Many don’t even know they have it.)

Elevated Elevated blood pressure is when readings consistently range from 120-129 systolic and less than 80 mm Hg diastolic. People with elevated blood pressure are likely to develop high blood pressure unless steps are taken to control the condition. Hypertension Stage 1

Pulmonary hypertension is hard to diagnose early because it's not often detected during a routine physical exam. Even when pulmonary hypertension is more advanced, its signs and symptoms are similar to those of other heart and lung conditions. To diagnose pulmonary hypertension, a health care provider will perform a physical exam and review.

These nursing diagnoses include: Risk for decreased cardiac output related to hypertension as evidenced by increased blood pressure readings and capillary refill time. Ineffective health maintenance is related to a lack of knowledge about hypertension management.

Normal: Normal blood pressure is characterized by systolic BP of <120 mm Hg and diastolic BP of <80 mm Hg. Elevated: An elevated BP is measured as systolic BP between 120 and 129 mm Hg and diastolic BP of less than 80 mm Hg. Stage 1 hypertension: This stage is characterized by a systolic BP of 130 to 139 mm Hg or a diastolic BP of 80 to 89 mm Hg.

Key Points for Practice • Use an average threshold of 140/90 mm Hg for office diagnosis of hypertension, but 135/85 mm Hg for home and 130/80 mm Hg for 24-hour ambulatory monitoring. • Initial.

PROKERALA registry with 2003 pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients is the largest reported registry from India and the low and middle-income region. The chart above shows the proportion of patients (%) in different categories of PH and their mean age.

These are called risk factors. About half of all Americans (47%) have at least 1 of 3 key risk factors for heart disease: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking. 1. Some risk factors for heart disease cannot be controlled, such as your age or family history. But you can take steps to lower your risk by changing the factors you can.