The outcome that can be documented when assessing the blood pressure for a patient who has hypertension an auscultatory gap cannot be heard is: the patient will be having a high diastolic or low systolic reading.
Hypertension is the high blood pressure of a person. When the reading of blood pressure is much higher than the standard 120/80 mm Hg then hypertension can be confirmed. The reasons can be varying like: high salt diet, some other disease or stress.
Auscultatory gap is also called silent gap. It is the absence of Korotkoff sounds while performing the manual measurement of blood pressure. It generally occurs due to reduced peripheral blood flow.
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