Tag: Blood Pressure
Home BP Monitoring Can Cut Burden of CVD, Health Care Costs
Non-Hispanic Blacks, women, and rural residents had more averted cardiovascular events and greater cost savings
Recollection of Grief Following Death of Loved One Tied to BP Increases
Severity of grief tied to greater increases in blood pressure
Longer Daily Naps Tied to Worse Health Effects
Risks include higher risk for obesity, metabolic syndrome, and high blood pressure
Hypotension, Hypertension Avoidance Strategies Explored in Noncardiac Surgery
Similar incidence of major vascular complications seen with hypotension-avoidance, hypertension-avoidance strategies
High Refractive Error Risk Increased for Offspring Exposed to HDP
Risk increased for offspring born to mothers with hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, with highest risk seen for early-onset and severe preeclampsia
Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty Becoming Safer Over Time
Decrease seen in cumulative incidence of hemoptysis/vascular injury, lung injury/reperfusion edema, invasive mechanical injury, mortality
Higher Sodium Intake Linked to Coronary, Carotid Atherosclerosis
Associations mainly mediated by blood pressure, were abolished after adjustment for blood pressure
USPSTF Recommends BP Measurement Throughout Pregnancy
Grade B recommendation for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy screening applies to all asymptomatic pregnant persons
Postop White Matter Injury Rates Down Over Time for Neonates With Complex CHD
Prevalence of postoperative white matter injury has declined, correlating with increase in blood pressures after surgery
Restrictive, Liberal Fluid Strategies Yield Similar Outcomes for Sepsis-Induced Hypotension
All-cause death before discharge home by day 90 occurred in 14.0 percent of the restrictive fluid group and 14.9 percent in the liberal fluid group
