Assessing High Blood Pressure For Adults - Gima KD-595 Manuel De L'utilisateur

10. assessing high blood pressure for adults

the following guidelines for assessing high blood pressure (without regard to
age or gender) have been established by the World Health organization
(WHo). please note that other factors (e.g. diabetes, obesity, smoking, etc.)
need to be taken into consideration. Consult with your physician for accurate
assessment, and never change your treatment by yourself.
Classification of blood pressure for adults
Sistolic
(mmHg)
Severe Hypertension
160
moderate Hypertension
150
mild Hypertension
140
High-normal bp
130
normal bp
120
80 85 90
Note: It is not intended to provide a basis of any type of rush toward emergency conditions/diagnosis
based on the color scheme and that the color scheme is meant only to discriminate between
the different levels of blood pressure.
ENGLISH
100 110
Diastolic
(mmHg)
BLOOD PrESSUrE
CLASSIFICAtION
optimal
normal
High-normal
grade 1 Hypertension
grade 2 Hypertension
grade 3 Hypertension
WHo/ISH Definitions and classification of blood pressure levels
COLOr
SBP DBP
INDICAtOr
mmHg mmHg
<120 <80
120-129 80-84
130-139 85-89
140-159 90-99
160-179 100-109
≥180 ≥110
30
green
green
green
yellow
orange
red