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FACTORS AFFECTING BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS VISITING A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA

Khyber Medical University Journal, 2023
OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors affecting blood pressure (BP) control in adult hypertensive patients.  METHODS: A total of 246 adult hypertensive patients of both genders, age 20 years and above were included in this descriptive study conducted at ...
Yasmin Akhtar, Muhammad Abdur Rahman Afridi, Zafar Ali   +2 more
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Inter-arm blood pressure difference and cardiovascular risk estimation in primary care: a pilot study

BJGP Open, 2022
Background: Systolic inter-arm differences (IAD) in blood pressure (BP) contribute independently to cardiovascular risk estimates. This can be used to refine predicted risk and guide personalised interventions.
Sinead T J McDonagh, Ben Norris, A Jayne Fordham, Maria R Greenwood, Suzanne H Richards, John L Campbell, Christopher E Clark   +6 more
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Pre-Hypertension and hypertension among primary-secondary school teachers in Corum: results from a Turkish cross-sectional study

Medicine Science, 2016
Hypertension is epidemic in worldwide nonetheless, approximately five million men and six million women are hypertensive in Turkish society. This study was aimed to determine hypertension prevalence and related factors in primary-secondary school ...
Gulay Yilmazel, Fevziye Cetinkaya
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Which blood pressure metrics should be used in patients on dialysis? [PDF]

Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
Remarkable progress has recently been achieved in blood pressure (BP) control based on key research findings in the general population. It has been observed that maintaining BP slightly lower than previously recommended goals leads to better clinical ...
Ji Yong Jung
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Blood pressure measurement: arm circumference and cuff size availability La medición de la presión arterial: circunferencia del brazo y disponibilidad de manguitos Medida da pressão arterial: circunferência braquial e disponibilidade de manguitos

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2009
To avoid inaccurate blood pressure (BP) readings, the American Heart Association (AHA) recommends cuff width (CW) encircling 40% of the arm circumference (AC) and cuff length at least 80-100%.
Eugenia Velludo Veiga, Edna Aparecida Moura Arcuri, Lyne Cloutier, Jair Lício Ferreira Santos   +3 more
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Life Style as a Blood Pressure Determinant [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1996
In Belgium, an affluent Western European country, participation in sports, alcohol intake, and living in a working class area were identified as the life style factors with the closest associations with the blood pressure level. Obesity was another important blood pressure correlate.
J A, Staessen, L, Bieniaszewski, K, Pardaens, V, Petrov, L, Thijs, R, Fagard   +5 more
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MEDIDA INDIRETA DA PRESSÃO ARTERIAL EM FUNÇÃO DA LARGURA DO MANGUITO, EM PACIENTES NAS FASES PRÉOPERATÓRIA IMEDIATA, RECEPÇÃO NO CENTRO CIRÚRGICO E PÓS ANESTÉSICA

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
Este estudo visou comparar em pacientes submetidos a cirurgias, medidas de pressão arterial obtidas com duas larguras de manguito: a largura padrão, de 12 cm, usada internacionalmente, e a largura correspondente a 0,38 da medida da circunferência do ...
Aparecida de Cassia Giani Peniche, Edna Apparecida Moura Arcuri   +1 more
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Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Tracking of Spontaneous Hypertension Rats Using an Electronic Nose

Sensors, 2023
Traditional noninvasive blood pressure measurement methods in experimental animals are time consuming and difficult to operate, particularly for large numbers of animals. In this study, the possibility of sensing fecal odor to estimate the blood pressure
Fumei Zhang, Lijing Yang, Jia Wei, Xiaojing Tian   +3 more
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Risk factors and preventive measures for abnormal blood pressure during hemodialysis filtration for patients with sepsis [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled
Background/Aim. Hemodialysis filtration (HDF) plays an extremely important role in treating patients with sepsis and subsequent acute renal failure. However, abnormal blood pressure (ABP) during HDF badly influences the prognosis and increases all-cause ...
Zhang Chunfang, Lin Tingting, Xia Yu, Zhang Daowei   +3 more
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High Ultrafiltration Increasing Intradialytic Blood Pressure on Hemodialysis Patients

South East Asia Nursing Research, 2021
The increase in blood pressure when the patient is undergoing hemodialysis is experienced by patients with intradialytic hypertension. This condition can be very dangerous for the patient, must be prevented and needs to be controlled.
Yunie Armiyati, Suharyo Hadisaputro, Shofa Chasani, Untung Sujianto   +3 more
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