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Anti-Hypertensive Drugs
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb
Lecturer-INS/KMU
Objectives By the completion of this section the learners will be
able to:
•Discuss the pharmacological management of hypertension and hypertensive crisis.•Discuss the nursing responsibility related to antihypertensive drugs.•Calculate the drug dosage accurately while administering oral and parenteral medications.
Hypertension •Most common CVS condition •Persistent and sustained increased BP has damaging effect on heart, brain, kidney, eye •Types –Primary /essential •No specific cause 95% cases –Secondary hypertension •Due to specific disease or drug 5% cases
Etiology of Hypertension •A specific cause of hypertension established in only 5- 10% of patients.•Patients in whom no specific cause of hypertension are said to have essential or primary hypertension.•Patients with a specificetiology aresaid to have secondary hypertension.•Genetic factors, psychological stress, and environmental and dietary factors as contributing to the development of hypertension. The heritability of essential hypertension is estimated to be about 30%.
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