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.
Hypertension was defined as an average systolic blood pressure (SBP) â¥140 mmHg or an average diastolic blood pressure (DBP) â¥90 mmHg, or currently using blood pressure (BP)âlowering medication. Uncontrolled hypertension was defined as an average SBP â¥140 mmHg or an average DBP â¥90 mmHg, among those with hypertension. Results: The overall prevalence of hypertension among U.S. adults aged â¥18 years in 2003â2010 was 30.4% or an estimated 66.9 million.