Many. patients have a polytrauma, injuries to other parts of the body in addition to the head and brain. Trauma victims often develop hypermetabolism or an increased metabolic rate, causing muscle wasting and the starvation of other tissues.
1 Normal: Less than 120 systolic and less than 80 diastolic. 2  Pre-hypertension: 120-139 systolic or 80-89 diastolic. 3  Hypertension: 140 or higher systolic or 90 or higher diastolic.  Hypertensive Crisis: higher than 180 or higher than 110 diastolic.
The normal blood pressure for men is higher than women. However, the normal level of adult male is 120/80 mmHg. The reading for male blood pressure varies according to age, as well. At the age of 35, adult men have higher risk of developing hypertension than adult women.