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The meaning of blood pressure [PDF]

Critical Care, 2018
Measurement of arterial pressure is one of the most basic elements of patient management. Arterial pressure is determined by the volume ejected by the heart into the arteries, the elastance of the walls of the arteries, and the rate at which the blood flows out of the arteries.
S. Magder
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Global epidemiology, health burden and effective interventions for elevated blood pressure and hypertension

Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2021
High blood pressure is one of the most important risk factors for ischaemic heart disease, stroke, other cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease and dementia.
Bin Zhou, P. Perel, G. Mensah, M. Ezzati
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Association of Blood Pressure Lowering With Incident Dementia or Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020
Importance The benefit of blood pressure lowering for the prevention of dementia or cognitive impairment is unclear. Objective To determine the association of blood pressure lowering with dementia or cognitive impairment.
Diarmaid Hughes, C. Judge, R. Murphy, Elaine A. Loughlin, M. Costello, W. Whiteley, J. Bosch, M. O’Donnell, M. Canavan   +8 more
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Seventh report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.

HYPERTENSION, 2003
The National High Blood Pressure Education Program presents the complete Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.
A. Chobanian, G. Bakris, H. Black, W. Cushman, L. Green, J. Izzo, Daniel W. Jones, B. Materson, S. Oparil, J. Wright, E. Roccella   +10 more
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Clinical Practice Guideline for Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents

Pediatrics, 2017
These pediatric hypertension guidelines are an update to the 2004 “Fourth Report on the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents.” Significant changes in these guidelines include (1) the replacement of the ...
J. Flynn, D. Kaelber, C. Baker-Smith, D. Blowey, A. Carroll, S. Daniels, S. D. de Ferranti, J. Dionne, B. Falkner, Susan K. Flinn, S. Gidding, Celeste Goodwin, M. Leu, Makia E. Powers, Corinna J. Rea, J. Samuels, M. Simasek, Vidhu V. Thaker, E. Urbina   +18 more
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A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2017
To the Editor: Wright et al. (Nov. 26 issue)1 report on the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT). By focusing on blood-pressure levels, rather than on specific antihypertensive agents, this trial follows a rich heritage of government ...
Benjamin Vipler, M. Muskiet, D. M., L. Tonneijck, M. Smits   +4 more
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[A randomized trial of intensive versus standard blood pressure control].

Semergen, 2016
BACKGROUND The most appropriate targets for systolic blood pressure to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among persons without diabetes remain uncertain.
J. D. Divisón Garrote, C. Escobar Cervantes   +1 more
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A clinical trial of the effects of dietary patterns on blood pressure. DASH Collaborative Research Group.

New England Journal of Medicine, 1997
BACKGROUND It is known that obesity, sodium intake, and alcohol consumption factors influence blood pressure. In this clinical trial, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, we assessed the effects of dietary patterns on blood pressure.
L. Appel, T. Moore, T. Moore, E. Obarzanek, W. Vollmer, L. Svetkey, F. Sacks, G. Bray, T. Vogt, J. Cutler, M. Windhauser, P. Lin, N. Karanja, D. Simons-Morton, M. McCullough, J. Swain, P. Steele, M. Evans, E. Miller, D. Harsha   +19 more
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Community based trial of home blood pressure monitoring with nurse-led telephone support in patients with stroke or transient ischaemic attack recently discharged from hospital. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: High blood pressure in patients with stroke increases the risk of recurrence but management in the community is often inadequate. Home blood pressure monitoring may increase patients' involvement in their care, increase compliance, and reduce
Conroy, R, Doshi, R, Kerry, S, Khong, T, Markus, H, Oakeshott, P   +5 more
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Recommendations for blood pressure measurement in humans and experimental animals: Part 1: blood pressure measurement in humans: a statement for professionals from the Subcommittee of Professional and Public Education of the American Heart Association Council on High Blood Pressure Research.

HYPERTENSION, 2005
Accurate measurement of blood pressure is essential to classify individuals, to ascertain blood pressure-related risk, and to guide management. The auscultatory technique with a trained observer and mercury sphygmomanometer continues to be the method of ...
T. Pickering, J. Hall, L. Appel, B. Falkner, John Graves, M. Hill, Daniel W. Jones, T. Kurtz, S. Sheps, E. Roccella   +9 more
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