Hypertension (main)
Revisión del 23:56 21 feb 2015 de Neil.m.young (discusión | contribs.) (expansive of htn categories)
Categorization of Hypertension[1]
- Asymptomatic hypertension
- Systolic BP 140-179 or diastolic BP 90-109
- Asymptomatic
- Hypertensive urgency
- Systolic BP ≥ 180 or diastolic BP ≥ 110
- No evidence of end-organ dysfunction
- Hypertensive emergency
- Systolic BP ≥ 180 or diastolic BP ≥ 110
- Evidence of end-organ dysfunction
- ↑ Levy PD. Hypertensive Emergencies — On the Cutting Edge. EMCREG - International. 2011. 19-26.