Management of hypertension
The management of hypertension includes:
- assessment:
- of blood pressure
- of secondary causes of hypertension
- of risk factors for essential hypertension
- of the complications of hypertension
- treatment:
- general advice and lifestyle changes
- pharmacological treatment
- involve the patient:
- emphasize that therapy is long term
- emphasize that drugs should not be stopped or omitted without prior discussion with the doctor
- any side effects should be reported
- consider the need to refer
Related pages
- NICE guidance - management of hypertension in adults in primary care
- Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension
- Choice of antihypertensive drug in hypertension
- Monitoring and follow-up
- Target blood pressure (BP ) levels
- Elderly hypertensives
- Hypertension in pregnancy
- Hypertension (fitness for anaesthesia)
- Referral criteria from primary care - hypertension
- Withdrawal of antihypertensive medication
- Diabetes mellitus and hypertension
- Hypertension Optimal Treatment study
- Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial - SPRINT
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