Test 4 Study Guide Part 4 Flashcards
Average blood pressure in systemic circulation:
Average blood pressure in respiratory circulation:
120 / 80 mmHg
22 / 8 mmHg
Pulse pressure:
- Define:
- Relates to:
- Define: systolic - diastolic = pulse pressure E.G. 120 - 80 = 40 - Relates to: stroke volume strength ventricular contraction
Hypertension:
- Defined at:
- Primary (essential):
- Secondary:
- Defined at: > 130 mmHg systolic > 90 mmHg diastolic - Primary (essential): No known cause 90% of causes - Secondary: known cause
When does risk begin for high blood pressure?
- What is the medical goal?
> 115 mmHg systolic
75 mmHg diastolic
- What is the medical goal?
no more than 120 mmHg systolic, and 80 mmHg diastolic
Causes of secondary hypertension:
Diseases of kidney and arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries.
reduction of renal blood flow can cause hypertension do to renin release
What must be associated with essential hypertension?
Cardiac output could have increased (increased blood volume is associated with this)
Peripheral resistance could have increased
High salt diets can cause increased blood pressure because:
higher blood osmolality -> more ADH -> more retained water (plasma) -> higher blood pressure
Inappropriately high levels of aldosterone secretion are correlated with:
age (old people often have this)
higher blood osmolality and hypertension (retained salt -> higher blood osmolality -> more ADH -> more retained water (plasma) -> higher blood pressure)
Glomerular Filtration Rate:
- Relation to hypertension:
How much plasma is filtered out by the kidney
- Relation to hypertension:
The more inefficient the kidney’s the higher the salt conc. the higher blood pressure
Potassium’s effect on salt’s effect on blood pressure:
Increased levels of K+ can reduce NaCl’s ability to cause hypertension.
Issues associated with hypertension:
Organ failure
Enlargement of the heart
Stroke
Atherosclerosis
How is higher blood pressure treated?
1st:
- lifestyle: exercise, weight loss, stop smoking, reduce alcohol intake
2nd:
diuretics:
3rd:
B1 adrenergic antagonists (atenolol)
4th
angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and Angiotensin-II Receptor Blockers (ARBs)
- Act to decrease salt levels, decreased osmolality, increased
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme inhitors (ACE inhibitors) and Angiotensin 2 receptor blocker (ARB) act to do what?
Decrease release of aldosterone (which increases salt retention)
- This will lower blood pressure
Reduce vasoconstriction caused by angiotensin II
Reduce ADH secretion slightly
What is the most common drugs to treat hypertension?
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme inhitors (ACE inhibitors) and Angiotensin 2 receptor blocker (ARB)
Shock:
Inadequate perfusion of the tissue
Hypovolemic Shock:
- Define:
- Causes:
- Define:
Inadequate perfusion of tissues do to inadequate blood supply - Causes:
burn, wound
Hypovolemic Shock:
- Body response:
Baroreceptors: increase vasoconstriction and heart rate
Activate renin angiotensin system: (increased salt, pulls fluid into the plasma, vasoconstriction
Hypovolemic Shock:
- Symptoms:
Low blood pressure Cold skin (blood diverted to brain and heart) Decreased urine production (ADH and Aldosterone, increased production)
Septic shock:
Endotoxin activates nitric oxide synthase within macrophages.
Causes vasodilation and sever hypotension (shock)
Anaphylactic shock:
Widespread release of histamine causes vasodilation and hypotension
Damage to brain or spinal cord, results in loss of sympathetic tone (which will cause vasodilation)
- Medula could be damaged
- Spinal cord injury
Neurogenic shock:
Cardiac failure, cardiac output has dropped low enough that perfusion cannot be maintained.
- myocardial infarction
- Severe valve damage or cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiogenic Shock: