Which reading is listed as avoid treatment in patients?

• A. 180/110 or higher
• B. 160/100 or higher
• C. 200/120 or higher
• D. 170/105 or higher

Answer: (A)

The main idea is recognizing a threshold at which you shift how hypertension is managed in special patients. A reading of 180/110 or higher is the cutoff used in this context to flag that outpatient, routine treatment should be avoided and that the patient needs urgent, inpatient evaluation and management. Why this makes sense: at or above 180/110, the risk of acute end-organ damage rises, so you want careful monitoring, IV antihypertensive therapy if needed, and assessment for complications—something that isn’t appropriate to handle safely in a simple outpatient setting. The other numbers represent high readings that typically prompt escalation or careful outpatient management, but they don’t carry the explicit instruction to “avoid treatment” in the same way this threshold does.