Management guidelines in essential hypertension: report of the second working party of the British Hypertension Society.
Several important new issues have arisen in the management of patients with hypertension. A working party of the British Hypertension Society has therefore reviewed available intervention studies on anti-hypertensive treatment and made recommendations on blood pressure thresholds for intervention, on non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatments, and on treatment goals. This report also provides guidelines on blood pressure measurement, essential investigations, referrals for specialist advice, follow up, and stopping treatment.
Sever
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Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London.
Beevers
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Bulpitt
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Lever
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Ramsay
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Reid
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Swales
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D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D002149:Energy Intake; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012982:Sodium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006113:United Kingdom
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D012982:Sodium, Dietary