title: 2014 Hypertension Guideline: Recommendation for a Change in Goal Systolic Blood Pressure.
abstract: The 2014 Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute National Hypertension Guideline was developed to assist primary care physicians and other health care professionals in the outpatient treatment of uncomplicated hypertension in adult men and nonpregnant women aged 18 years and older. A major practice change is the recommendation for goal systolic blood pressure less than 150 mmHg in patients aged 60 years and older who are treated for hypertension in the absence of diabetes or chronic kidney disease. This article describes the reasons for, evidence for, and consequences of the change, and includes the guideline.
authors.affiliation: Expert Panel Member of the Eighth Joint National Committee on High Blood Pressure; Hypertension Clinical Lead, Care Management Institute; and Hypertension Lead for Southern California Kaiser Permanente, Anaheim, CA. joel.handler@kp.org.
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Handler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents