General medicine Pearls

Hypertension (post SPRINT) Definition: normal <120/80, elevated BP <130/80, Stage 1 <140/90, Stage 2 >139/89 (take readings properly – 2 readings , 2 occasions, 1 minute apart: sit quietly 5 minutes off phone, with both feet on the floor, note highest: automated without doctor, home monitoring with calibrated cuff checked twice a year – 2…

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