Update on the Hong Kong Reference Framework for Hypertension Care for Adults in Primary Care Settings-review of evidence on the definition of high blood pressure and goal of therapy
| Autor: | W K Yip, K H Luk, S C N Ha, Martin C.S. Wong, Caroline S H Tsang, M K Lim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Best practice Cardiovascular risk factors Uncomplicated hypertension Blood Pressure Treatment goals Primary care 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Overweight 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Diabetes mellitus medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine Primary Health Care business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Blood pressure Hypertension Practice Guidelines as Topic Hong Kong Guideline Adherence medicine.symptom business Goals |
| Zdroj: | Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi. 25(1) |
| ISSN: | 1024-2708 |
| Popis: | The Hong Kong Reference Framework for Hypertension Care for Adults in Primary Care Settings is updated regularly to ensure it reflects the latest medical development and best practice. In 2017, guidelines from the United States included a major change, adopting the lower blood pressure values of 130/80 mm Hg in defining hypertension, in contrast to the prevailing international consensus of 140/90 mm Hg. After thorough review of the literature and international guidelines, the Advisory Group on Hong Kong Reference Framework for Care of Diabetes and Hypertension in Primary Care Settings (Advisory Group) recommends that the definition of hypertension adopted in the Reference Framework should remain unchanged as a blood pressure of ≥140/90 mm Hg, as there is currently inadequate evidence and lack of general consensus to support such change in Hong Kong. The Advisory Group agrees on individualised treatment goals, and recommends that the initial blood pressure goal for individuals with uncomplicated hypertension should be |
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