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 is classified as either primary (essential) hypertension or secondary hypertension. About 90â95% of cases are categorized as primary hypertension, defined as high blood pressure with no obvious underlying cause.ormal blood pressure at rest is within the range of 100â140 millimeters mercury (mmHg) systolic and 60â90 mmHg diastolic. Hypertension is present if the blood pressure is persistently at or above 140/90 mmHg for most adults; different numbers apply to children.