Hypertensive urgency or high blood pressure variability?
Terapevticheskii arkhiv, 2017 Hypertensive urgency (HU) is a common reason particularly for elderly patients to seek medical advice. Severe asymptomatic hypertension and situational high blood pressure (BP) in patients with its high variability is frequently taken as HU. The use of short-acting antihypertensive drugs is not only indicated in these situations, but it may also ...
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Cucumber Juice Decrease Blood Pressure on Essensial Hypertension Patient [PDF]
, 2008 Introduction: Essential hypertension is an intermitten or sustained elevation of dyastolic or systolic blood pressure with unkwown aetiology (idiopathic).
Rusdianingseh, R. (Rusdianingseh) +2 more
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Strategies for Controlling Blood Pressure Among Low-Income Populations in Georgia
Preventing Chronic Disease, 2008 BackgroundIn Georgia an estimated 32% of blacks and 28% of whites have high blood pressure. In 2004 the rate of death from stroke in Georgia was 12% higher than the national average, and blacks in the state have a 1.4 times greater rate of death from ...
Roberta Constantine, PhD +6 more
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Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension and association with ethnicity in Nigeria: results from a national survey. [PDF]
, 2013 OBJECTIVE: Non-communicable diseases are now a global priority. We report on the prevalence of hypertension and its risk factors, including ethnicity, in a nationally representative sample of Nigerian adults recruited to a survey of visual impairment ...
Entekume, Gabriel +7 more
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A Health Literacy-Focused Intervention for Latinos with Hypertension
Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2018 Latinos in the United States are experiencing increasing incidences of uncontrolled high blood pressure (HBP). Health literacy is an important determinant of adequate HBP self-management, yet no community-based intervention has effectively addressed ...
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Hypertension and Happiness across Nations [PDF]
A modern statistical literature argues that countries such as Denmark are particularly happy while nations like East Germany are not. Are such claims credible? The paper explores this by building on two ideas.
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Risk Factors of Hypertension in Menopausal Women in Rejomulyo, Madiun [PDF]
, 2015 Hypertension is a state of blood pressure ≥140 mmHg (systolic) or ≥90 mmHg (diastolic). Incidence of women hypertension in Rejomulyo from January to November 2013 reached 28.4%, in which 87% were menopausal.
Ardiani, H. (Hanifah) +2 more
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Frequency of High Blood Pressure in Apparently Healthy People Referring to the Clinics and Health Monitoring Centers of Amiral Momenin and Farhikhtegan Hospitals in 2023 [PDF]
Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī YazdIntroduction: Hypertension is mostly asymptomatic, and this poses a significant challenge in its treatment. Some scientific associations have recently reduced the threshold of high blood pressure from 140.90 to 130.80.
Shadab Jafarzadeh +4 more
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018 BackgroundExposure to preeclampsia or gestational hypertension is associated with higher offspring systolic blood pressure (SBP), but less is known about associations with other cardiometabolic risk markers.
Ruby Reetika Tripathi +4 more
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Terapi Relaksasi Napas Dalam Menurunkan Tekanan Darah Pasien Hipertensi [PDF]
, 2016 . Hypertension is one of the diseases of the cardiovascular system which has a mortality and morbidity. High blood pressure in hypertensive patients can be treated with pharmacological and non pharmacological therapy.
Fajar, R. A. (Rifqi) +2 more
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