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Hypertension – or elevated blood pressure – is a serious medical condition that significantly increases the risk of heart, brain, kidney and other diseases. Hypertension can be defined using specific systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels or reported use of antihypertensive medications. An estimated 1.4 billion
hypertension, including those with type 2 diabetes, unless otherwise stated. For managing hypertension in people with chronic kidney disease, see NICE's guideline onchronic kidney disease in adults. 1.1 Measuring blood pressure 1.1.1 Ensure that healthcare professionals taking blood pressure measurements have
New Onset or Uncontrolled Hypertension in Adults Conditions • Drug-resistant/induced hypertension • Abrupt onset of hypertension • Onset of hypertension at <30 y • Exacerbation of previously controlled hypertension • Disproportionate TOD for degree of hypertension • Accelerated/malignant hypertension
Offer a calcium-channel blocker (CCB) to adults starting step 1 antihypertensive treatment who: are aged 55 or over and do not have type 2 diabetes or. are of African or Caribbean family origin and do not have type 2 diabetes (of any age). [2019] ause of cough, offer an ARB3 to treat hypertension. [2019]Do not.
This guideline is a partial update of NICE guideline Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management. It updates a number of recommendations while also investigating clinical areas not addressed by the previous guideline. The population covered is adults (people who are 18 years and older) with hypertension, with or without type 2 diabetes.
To align with its mission to reduce the global burden of raised blood pressure (BP), the International Society of Hypertension (ISH) has developed worldwide practice guidelines for the management of hypertension in adults, aged 18 years and older.
Confirm diagnosis of hypertension in people with a: • clinic blood pressure of 140/90 mmHg or higher and • ABPM daytime average or HBPM average of 135/85 mmHg or higher. [2019] 1.2.9 . If hypertension is not diagnosed but there is evidence of target organ damage, consider carrying out investigations for alternative causes of the target organ
