When we have a new baby, many of us often find that talking about sleep causes others to offer (often unwanted) suggestions for how we can (or 'should') encourage our baby to sleep more.
High blood pressure is the second leading cause of kidney failure in the United States after diabetes, as illustrated in Figure 1.2 In addition, the rate of kidney failure due to high blood pressure increased 7.7 percent from 2000 to 2010.3.
I. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is classified as either primary or secondary. A. Primary hypertension, also called essential hypertension, may be the result of the interaction of many mechanisms that raise the blood volume, cardiac output, and/or peripheral resistance. B. Secondary hypertension is the direct result of known, specific diseases. II.