Literature review
Hypertension is arbitrarily as persistent levels of blood pressure in which the systolic pressure is above 140mmhg and the diastolic pressure is above 90mmhg.
In the elderly population:
Is defined as systolic pressure above 160mmhg and diastolic pressure above 90mmhg.
Hypertension is a major cause of heart failure it is ,stroke and kidney failure
It is called the silent killer because the person who has it is often symptoms free.
The national heart ,lung and institute has estimated that 50%of person with hypertension don’t know they have it .
About 20%of the adult population develop hypertension more than 90% of these have essential(primary) hypertension which have no identifiable medical cause .
Accompanying hypertension is the risk of premature morbidity and mortality which increases as the systolic and diastolic pressure rise.(Suzanne.c.smeltzer.2003)