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Hypertension Exam Questions and
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Blood Pressure - ✔✔Pressure exerted by the blood upon the walls of the
blood vessels, especially arteries, usually measured by means of a
sphygmomanometer and expressed in millimeters of mercury.
The amount of resistance of blood pumping through the body/arteries.
Blood Pressure is controlled by: - ✔✔Blood Volume
Peripheral Resistance (resistance blood meets as it travels through blood
vessel - determined by size of blood vessel and level of constriction or
dialation.)
Cardiac Output (amount of blood pumped through heart per minute)
Hypertension - ✔✔Persistent elevation of systolic blood pressure >140 and
diastolic blood pressure >90. Average of 2-3 consistently high recordings
needed for diagnosis.
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,Normal BP - ✔✔<120/<80
Prehypertension - ✔✔120-139/80-89
Stage 1 Hypertension - ✔✔140-159/90-99
Stage 2 Hypertension - ✔✔>160/>100
Hypotension - ✔✔abnormally low blood pressure
<90/<60
Hypertension is known as - ✔✔The Silent Killer, most people are
Asymptomatic. When a patient starts to have signs and symptoms with
hypertension, major organs have already been affected (a person can have
it for years without knowing it).
To remember organs - ✔✔"Can't eat your CAKE and have it too."
Cardiac, brAIn, Kidneys, Eyes
Cardiac system: - ✔✔-congestive heart failure (due to the overworking of
the heart muscle which makes it become enlarged)
-Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
-Coronary Artery Disease
-Peripheral Vascular Disease
brAin: - ✔✔stroke (increase pressure weakens blood vessels which can
cause a clot to form or for them to rupture)
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, Kidneys: - ✔✔renal failure (weakens and narrows the arteries to the
kidneys and the kidneys don't receive proper perfusion)
Eyes: - ✔✔visual changes (damages blood vessels to the retina...blurred
vision..can't focus images)
"risk factors"... - ✔✔Race (black males ) - also have more organ damage
Southerners
Mexican Americans (less knowledge of disease, less likely to receive
treatment)
Increased consumption of salt/alcohol
Smoking/stress
K+ level and vitamin d level low
Family health
Advanced aged
Cholesterol high
Too much caffeine intake
Obese
Diabetes
Restricting activity
Sleep apnea
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Hypertension Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Solved
Blood Pressure - ✔✔Pressure exerted by the blood upon the walls of the
blood vessels, especially arteries, usually measured by means of a
sphygmomanometer and expressed in millimeters of mercury.
The amount of resistance of blood pumping through the body/arteries.
Blood Pressure is controlled by: - ✔✔Blood Volume
Peripheral Resistance (resistance blood meets as it travels through blood
vessel - determined by size of blood vessel and level of constriction or
dialation.)
Cardiac Output (amount of blood pumped through heart per minute)
Hypertension - ✔✔Persistent elevation of systolic blood pressure >140 and
diastolic blood pressure >90. Average of 2-3 consistently high recordings
needed for diagnosis.
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
,Normal BP - ✔✔<120/<80
Prehypertension - ✔✔120-139/80-89
Stage 1 Hypertension - ✔✔140-159/90-99
Stage 2 Hypertension - ✔✔>160/>100
Hypotension - ✔✔abnormally low blood pressure
<90/<60
Hypertension is known as - ✔✔The Silent Killer, most people are
Asymptomatic. When a patient starts to have signs and symptoms with
hypertension, major organs have already been affected (a person can have
it for years without knowing it).
To remember organs - ✔✔"Can't eat your CAKE and have it too."
Cardiac, brAIn, Kidneys, Eyes
Cardiac system: - ✔✔-congestive heart failure (due to the overworking of
the heart muscle which makes it become enlarged)
-Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
-Coronary Artery Disease
-Peripheral Vascular Disease
brAin: - ✔✔stroke (increase pressure weakens blood vessels which can
cause a clot to form or for them to rupture)
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, Kidneys: - ✔✔renal failure (weakens and narrows the arteries to the
kidneys and the kidneys don't receive proper perfusion)
Eyes: - ✔✔visual changes (damages blood vessels to the retina...blurred
vision..can't focus images)
"risk factors"... - ✔✔Race (black males ) - also have more organ damage
Southerners
Mexican Americans (less knowledge of disease, less likely to receive
treatment)
Increased consumption of salt/alcohol
Smoking/stress
K+ level and vitamin d level low
Family health
Advanced aged
Cholesterol high
Too much caffeine intake
Obese
Diabetes
Restricting activity
Sleep apnea
3
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