Blood Pressure Basics
What is considered normal blood pressure?
What is 120/80?
What is an ACEI?
What are some common ACEIs?
What is an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor?
Benazepril, captopril, enalapril
What is afterload?
What is the pressure or force the heart deals with due to stenosis?
Name two common side effects of calcium channel blockers.
What are peripheral edema and dizziness?
What are capacitance vessels?
What are veins?
What blood pressure reading indicates a life-threatening hypertensive emergency?
What is >180/>120?
Common beta blockers?
metropolol Propanolol Atenolol Carvedilol
How do diuretics help lower blood pressure?
What is by decreasing blood volume?
What are common side effects of beta-blockers?
What are bradycardia, fatigue, dizziness, and hypotension?
Name three common beta-blockers.
What are metoprolol, propranolol, and atenolol?
What is the first-line treatment for hypertension?
What are lifestyle changes?
This calcium channel blocker works by relaxing blood vessels and reducing heart rate and is also used to treat angina and arrhythmias.
What is Verapamil?
How do beta-blockers lower blood pressure?
What is by inhibiting sympathetic activity, decreasing heart rate, and reducing contraction force?
What happens if a central alpha-2 agonist is discontinued too quickly?
What is rebound hypertension?
What are baroreceptors?
What are pressure sensors in the vascular system?
What type of stenosis can cause hypertension?
What is renal artery stenosis?
What are the initial drug therapy options for a diabetic patient with a BP goal of <130/<80?
What are thiazide diuretics, ACEI, ARB, or CCBs?
What do calcium channel blockers do?
What is relax vascular smooth muscle and cause vasodilation?
Name three side effects of diuretics.
What are hypokalemia, hyperglycemia, and hyperuricemia?
What are the components of the vascular system?
What are arteries, arterioles, veins, venules, and capillaries?
What is essential hypertension?
What is hypertension with no specific cause?
This medication has both alpha- and beta-blocking properties, making it useful for hypertensive emergencies and pregnancy-induced hypertension.
What is Labetalol?
What do sympatholytics do?
What is reduce sympathetic nerve activity and norepinephrine release?
What is the risk of using beta-blockers in asthma patients?
What is that they can worsen asthma symptoms?
What do antihypertensive medications do?
What is vasodilation, decreased blood volume, decreased cardiac output, smooth muscle relaxation, and decreased sympathetic outflow?