Prehypertension: A necessity !!!

Prehypertension revisited.

The Seventh Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of Hypertension (JNC-7) introduced the term “prehypertension” to designate individuals whose systolic blood pressure (BP) levels are in the range of 120 to 139 mm Hg and diastolic BP between 80 and 89 mm Hg.1,2 The decision to establish this new BP category was based on a number of factors. Several studi...

Veterinary Pharmacy, a Dismissed Necessity

Prehypertension - time to act.

The term "prehypertension" defined as systolic blood pressure between 120 and 139 mmHg and/or diastolic pressures between 80 and 89 mmHg has now gained general acceptance. Prehypertension is associated with ~3-fold greater likelihood of developing hypertension, and roughly twice the number of cardiovascular events, than BP < 120/80 mmHg. When compared with normotensive individuals, prehypertens...

Veterinary Pharmacy, a Dismissed Necessity

Management of prehypertension.

A58-year-old woman is evaluated by her primary care physician, her gynecologist, or at employee health. On 2 separate occasions, duplicate seated blood pressure (BP) measurements average 132/84 mm Hg. She is informed that she has “prehypertension.” At her last check-up in 2002, she had a similar reading but was told she had normal BP. The BP category “prehypertension” was first introduced by th...