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  2. Comparison of international blood pressure guidelines

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    Guidelines on the choice of agents and how best to step up treatment for various subgroups in hypertension (high blood pressure) have changed over time and differ between countries. A Comparison of International Guidelines on Goal Blood Pressure and Initial Therapy for Adults With Hypertension (adapted from JNC 8 guidelines [ 1 ] )

  3. Management of hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Guidelines for treating resistant hypertension have been published in the UK [45] and US. [46] It has been proposed that a proportion of resistant hypertension may be the result of chronic high activity of the autonomic nervous system, known as "neurogenic hypertension". [47] Low adherence to treatment is an important cause of resistant ...

  4. What is Hypertension? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    Without proper treatment, hypertension can lead to: Atherosclerosis (a buildup of plaque in your arteries) Stroke. Cardiovascular disease. Heart failure. Heart attack. Eye damage. Kidney failure ...

  5. Is A Blood Pressure Of 130/70 Too High? Plus, What Do Those ...

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    Normal. Less than 120 and. Less than 80. Elevated. 120-129 and. Less than 80. Stage 1 Hypertension. 130-139 or. 80-89. Stage 2 Hypertension. 140 or higher or. 90 or higher

  6. Hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Hypertension occurs in around 0.2 to 3% of newborns; however, blood pressure is not measured routinely in healthy newborns. [42] Hypertension is more common in high risk newborns. A variety of factors, such as gestational age, postconceptional age and birth weight needs to be taken into account when deciding if a blood pressure is normal in a ...

  7. The Best Time of Day To Take Your Blood Pressure Meds To ...

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    Association between sleep duration and hypertension incidence: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. PLoS 1 . Bedtime hypertension treatment improves cardiovascular risk reduction ...

  8. Hypertensive emergency - Wikipedia

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    In a hypertensive emergency, treatment should first be to stabilize the patient's airway, breathing, and circulation per ACLS guidelines. Patients should have their blood pressure slowly lowered over a period of minutes to hours with an antihypertensive agent.

  9. Antihypertensive - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the JNC8 (Eighth Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure) recommends thiazide-type diuretics to be one of the first-line drug treatments for hypertension, either as monotherapy or in combination with calcium channel blockers, ACEis, or ARBs. [7]