Abstract

Statement of the Problem:

The problem in this study was to determine if a relationship exists between high urea nitrogen retention and a high arterial diastolic blood pressure or diseases that are usually associated with a high arterial diastolic blood pressure.

Method of Study:

The descriptive survey method was used. Data for this study were obtained by reviewing charts of all patients whose NPN was 150 mg. percent or over or whose BUN was 100 mg. percent or over. During the specified two year period the White Memorial Clinical Laboratory records revealed thirty-five patients as falling into this category.

Summary of Findings:

Twenty-nine patients, or over 80 percent, had diseases that are usually associated with a high arterial diastolic blood pressure. Eighteen of these twenty-nine were found to have an elevated diastolic blood pressure. Three of the patients had diseases not usually associated with a high arterial diastolic blood pressure and three had an undiagnosed renal disease. None of these six patients showed an elevated diastolic blood pressure.

There were sixteen patients under the age of sixty years and nineteen over this age. Those in the younger age group (under sixty years) were found to have a 75 percent incidence of a high diastolic blood pressure. Those over sixty years of age had a 31.5 percent incidence.

Twenty-two patients had a primary renal disease, half of which showed an elevated diastolic blood pressure. The incidence of a high diastolic blood pressure was relatively low in patients with pyelonephritis and high in patients with glomerulonephritis.

There were nine obstructive lesions of the urinary tract seven of which were malignancies. Fifty-five percent showed an elevated diastolic blood pressure.

Eighty percent of the patients died sometime within the specified two year period. Twenty-two died within one year of onset of their symptoms.

The findings of this study support the hypothesis that there is a relationship between a high level of urea nitrogen retention and a high arterial diastolic blood pressure or diseases that are usually associated with a high arterial diastolic blood pressure.

LLU Discipline

Nursing

Department

Nursing

School

Graduate Studies

First Advisor

Winnifred Edwards

Second Advisor

Anne P. Martin

Third Advisor

M. Anabelle Mills

Fourth Advisor

Raymond B. Crawford

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Degree Level

M.S.

Year Degree Awarded

1960

Date (Title Page)

6-1960

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Blood Urea Nitrogen; Hypertension

Type

Thesis

Page Count

ix; 63

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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