[Summary of 'Cholesterol' guideline (first revision) of the Dutch Society of Family Physicians].
The revised guidelines on cholesterol of the Dutch College of General Practitioners (DCGP), which closely follow the consensus of the Dutch Institute for Health Care Improvement, provide thresholds for treatment with statins in patients with elevated risks for coronary heart disease (CHD): patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, with an annual CHD risk larger than 2.5-3%, or with a (suspected) hereditary lipid disorder. Unlike the consensus the DCGP guideline advises only to determine a total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio if the accompanying risk table indicates that the patient might fall in the range where drug treatment is indicated. For this purpose an extra column has been added to the table. In patients with a possible hereditary lipid disorder a higher threshold for referral to a specialist is used because moderately raised levels are common in the population and indicate a familial lipid disorder in only part of the cases.
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Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap, afd. Standaardenontwikkeling, GE Utrecht.
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D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006938:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D009426:Netherlands; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors
D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D002784:Cholesterol