临床医学专业-高血压危象.pptVIP

SCOPE of the PROBLEM Hypertension is an increasingly important medical and public health issue. The prevalence of hypertension increases with advancing age to the point where more than half of people aged 60 to 69 years old and approximately three-fourths of those aged 70 years and older are affected Data from observational studies involving more than 1 million individuals have indicated that death from both ischemic heart disease and stroke increases progressively and linearly from BP levels Other Terminology Severely elevated BP (JNC VII) Defined as BP 180/120 “accelerated HPT” term