L2 Flashcards
(61 cards)
_____asymptomatic so many do not know they have it
Hypertension
Chronic arterial BP elevation —>
Asymptomatic lining damage
Primary Hypertension
90%
Unknown cause —> hard to treat
Genes, environment, both
Secondary Hypertension
10%
2* to other diseae
Arterial change complications
Fat and Calcium buildup
Plaque stiffens and narrows artery
Oligosymptomatic Target organs
Kidney
Hearty
Brain
Oligosymptomatic Kidney
Proteinuria
Nephrosclerosis
Oligosymptomatic Heart
Left ventricular Hypertrophy
Oligosymptomatic Brain
Retinopathy
Binswanger lesions
Symptomatic hypertension
Polysymptomatic or end stage disease
Coronary Artery disease, Angina—>
MI
Systolic/Diastolic dysfunction
CHF
Atrial fibrillation Ventricular arrhythmia
Ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation
End Stage Kidney
Chronic renal failur —> ESRD
End stage Brain
Dementia transient ischemic attack —> stroke
Asymptomatic—>oligosymptatic—>_____—->_______——>
Symptomatic
End stage
Death
Normal BP
120/80
Stage I drug theory
Single drug therapy—> titrate and/or another drug
Stage II drug therapy
Combo drug therapy—>different classes
Classes of hypertension drugs
ACE inhibitors, angiotensin R blockers, Ca channel blockers, thiazide diuretics
Hypertensive Emergency
Sudden acute BP (>189 and/or >120) with possibility of serious CV outcome
Endogenous catecholamines
Stress anxiety
Exogenous catecholamines
LA w/ vasoconstrictor
> 180/110
Defer elective treatment