The patient's blood pressure is 140/60.How would the nurse would record the pulse pressure?

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The difference between the systolic pressure and the diastolic pressure is the pulse pressure.For a blood pressure of 140/60,the pulse pressure is 80 (140 - 60).The systolic pressure is 140.The diastolic pressure is 60.The systolic pressure (140)added to the diastolic pressure (60)is 200,but this has no clinical significance.

The Patient's Blood Pressure Is 140/60