The hypertensive patient in dental practice: updated recommendations for classification, prevention, monitoring, and dental management.
The Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure recently published new guidelines for the management of adult patients at risk for developing hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and associated conditions. These new guidelines include a new risk category (designated as prehypertension) and indicate a lower range for classifying normal blood pressure. This article provides a brief review of recent literature and highlights the pertinent changes from previous guidelines. In consideration of the new hypertension categories, the implications of monitoring blood pressure in the dental office are discussed and the classifications are correlated with specific recommendations for dental management.
Aubertin
Mary A
MA
Department of Biologic and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Dentistry, Memphis, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents