Blood pressure targets: comparing lower versus standard targets for people with hypertension

Individualizing Blood Pressure Targets for People With Diabetes and Hypertension: Comparing the ADA and the ACC/AHA Recommendations.

People with diabetes are at high risk for cardiovasculardiseases, kidneydisease, andretinopathy,all ofwhich may be reduced with appropriate blood pressure (BP) management.1 Therefore, theAmericanDiabetesAssociation (ADA) includes recommendations for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in its annual Standards ofMedical Care inDiabetes.2 In addition, the ADApublishedapositionstatementond...

Assessing blood pressure control in patients treated for hypertension: comparing different measurements and targets.

We examined how different methods and definitions of blood pressure affect the achievement of targets in general practice. There was a wide range in the proportion of treated patients achieving the different target levels recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, British Hypertension Society and the general medical services contract. Among non-diabetic patients t...

Lower blood pressure targets: to whom do they apply?

Correction: Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension in Adults Aged 60 Years or Older to Higher Versus Lower Blood Pressure Targets.

The full guideline is titled “Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension in Adults Aged 60 Years or Older to Higher Versus Lower Blood Pressure Targets: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians.” The authors are A. Qaseem, T.J. Wilt, R. Rich, L.L. Humphrey, J. Frost, and M.A. Forciea, for the Clinical Guidelines Committee o...

Specific Blood Pressure Targets for Patients With Diabetic Nephropathy?

Diabetic nephropathy represents a condition frequently detected in current clinical practice characterized by a very high cardiovascular risk profile. Blood pressure reduction via antihypertension drug treatment represents a therapeutic approach capable of exerting favorable effects on renal and cardiovascular outcomes. The purpose of this article is to review the current literature and results...