title: Review of new hypertension guidelines.
abstract: The Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8) released its new guidelines on the management of adult hypertension in Dec 2013. The key departures from JNC 7 include target blood pressures and thresholds for initiation of elderly patients and in patients under age 60 with diabetes and kidney disease. In this review, we analyse the critical questions, basis of new recommendations, major deviations from JNC 7, the strengths and limitations of changes in previous management guidelines.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China. mwlj521@163.com.
authors: P-Y
authors: PY
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents