American Heart Association proposes to omit the following terminologies in it's latest scientific statement (May 2014) ❌️ 𝙃𝙮𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 ❌️ 𝙃𝙮𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨 Use of subjective emotive language such as 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨 and 𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 fail to acknowledge the nuances of treatment decisions and may encourage unnecessary antihypertensive treatment. Therefore in a statement paper from AHA in May 2024, it is proposed the following objective terminology: ✅️ 𝙃𝙮𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 🔸️SBP/DBP >180/110–120 mm Hg with evidence of new or worsening target-organ damage ✅️ 𝘼𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘽𝙋 🔸️SBP/ DBP >180/110–120 mm Hg without evidence of new or worsening target-organ damage ✅️ 𝘼𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘽𝙋 🔸️SBP/DBP ≥130/80 mm Hg without evidence of new or worsening target-organ damage. Source : The Management of Elevated Blood Pressure in the Acute Care Setting: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association