HYPERTENSI ON
CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES
NR511: DIFFERENTIAL DX
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, NR511 CPG HTN WITH REFERENCES 100% RATED A+ DOWNLOAD TO SCO
CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY
CERITA SPEARS, RN
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, NR511 CPG HTN WITH REFERENCES 100% RATED A+ DOWNLOAD TO SCO
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108M people in the United States
INCIDENCE • 21M require lifestyle changes
& PREVALEN CE IN THE US
• 87M require RX + lifestyle changes
• Most hypertensive adults are uncontrolled
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$131 Billion in costs were associated with HTN from 2003 to 2014
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54% of the nation’s African Americans are hypertensive
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46.1% of the nation’s Caucasians are hypertensive
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47M American between ages 45-65 are hypertensive
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Men slight > Women
(Centers for Disease Control an
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