Blood pressure classification

The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evalution, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7 National Institutes of Health, 2004) is a definitive publication concerning the treatment of hypertension. It provides the following blood pressure classifications for adult blood pressures ... 

Blood Pressure Control. Table 1 Definitions and classifications of blood pressure levels... 

TABLE 2-1. Classification of Blood Pressure (BP) in Children, Adolescents, and Adults Defined as 18 Years Old or Greater2 70... 

Table 2. Classification of blood pressure for adults aged 18 years and older (adapted from Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure, 2003)...

Table 11-1 Classification of Hypertension on the Basis of Blood Pressure. ...

All antihypertensive agents act at one or more of the four anatomic control sites depicted in Figure 11-1 and produce their effects by interfering with normal mechanisms of blood pressure regulation. A useful classification of these agents categorizes them according to... 

Cynthia has decided to collect information on each patient s level of edema, blood pressure, weight, NYHA classification, and shortness of breath. She also will record laboratory values where appropriate. When... 

Anemia baseline hematocrit value <39% for men and >36% for women congestive heart failure class III/1V by New York Heart Association classification and/or history of pulmonary edema Hypotension systolic blood pressure <80mmHg for at least 1 hr requiring inotropic support with medications or intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) within ... 

DOT CLASSIFICATION Forbidden SAFETY PROFILE Poison by subcutaneous route. Can cause lowered blood pressure leading to headache, dizziness, and weakness. Used as an explosive. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of NOx. See also NITRATES. 

DOT CLASSIFICATION 6.1 Label KEEP AWAY FROM FOOD SAFETY PROFILE Confirmed carcinogen. A human poison by ingestion. An experimental poison by ingestion, intraperitoneal, intravenous, and subcutaneous routes. Human systemic effects by ingestion pulse rate increase without fall in blood pressure, cyanosis, coma. An active allergen. Human mutation data reported. A severe human skin irritant. Experimental reproductive data. 

DOT CLASSIFICATION 5.1 Label Oxidizer SAFETY PROFILE Poison by ingestion. Human systemic effects tinnitus, pulse rate increase, blood pressure lowering. Experimental teratogenic and reproductive effects. Nitrites have been implicated in an increased incidence of cancer. Mutation data reported. Flammable when exposed to heat or flame. A powerful oxidizing material. Slight explosion hazard when exposed to heat. It win explode at 1000°F. Explosive... 

DOT CLASSIFICATION 8 Label Corrosive SAFETY PROFILE Mildly toxic by ingestion. Human systemic effects by ingestion somnolence, blood pressure lowering, corrosive to skin, nausea or vomiting. Human mutation data reported. 

Below is the classification of blood pressure for adults eighteen years of age and older ... 

Advanced age, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, recurrent or persistent pain. The prognosis is worse in diabetics and elderly patients, especially in presence of renal failure, sinus tachycardia and evident haemodynamic impairment (hypotension, pulmonary oedema, etc.) (grade 3-4 of Killip classification) (Wiviott et al, 2006). 

TABLE 13—3. Classification of Blood Pressure in Adults (Age >18 Years) ... 

Classification Systolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg) Diastolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg)... 

Classification determined based on the average of two or more properly measured seated BP measurements from two or more clinical encounters. If systolic and diastolic blood pressure values yield different classifications, the highest category is used for the purpose of determining a classification. 

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