Hypertension guidelines: Evidence-based treatments for maintaining blood pressure control.
Approximately one in three adults in the United States has hypertension. This article provides an update on the latest JNC-8 guideline for treating hypertension in adults. Emphasis is placed on new and updated information and implications for primary care clinicians to help patients achieve and maintain better blood pressure control.
Leslie Louise Davis is an assistant professor of nursing at University of North Carolina, Greensboro School of Nursing, Greensboro, N.C.
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