Assessment of the hypertensive.
Hypertension is an extremely common disorder. Approximately half the population over the age of 45 have a blood pressure over 160 systolic and 95 diastolic. In Albury, Prineas and colleagues found that 12.5% of the population had a diastolic blood pressure over 110 mm Hg, hence they have severe hypertension.
D000328:Adult; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D002648:Child; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000652:urine; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000209:etiology; D010808:Physical Examination; D011674:Pulse