These guidelines update previous reports by working parties of the British Hypertension
Society (BHS) in 1989, 1 19932 and 1999. 3 Updating these guidelines is appropriate …

The 1999 WHOâ•fiISH Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension Page 1 1D1T0Il1AU The
1999 WHO-ISH Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension The new guidelines shift the …

Much new evidence has emerged on the importance of blood pressure as a risk factor for
cardiovascular disease; the importance of lifestyle measures for the prevention and …

These guidelines update previous reports by working parties of the British Hypertension
Society in 19891 and 1993. 2 Since the 1993 guidelines much new evidence has emerged …

Hypertension is now recognised as a very major contributor to disease burden globally. The
close working relationship between the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the …

Objectives: To investigate and quantify the extent to which variations in guidelines influence
assessment of control of hypertension. Design: Cross sectional study. Selected patients had …

Actuarial data indicated almost a century ago that elevated blood pressure (BP) shortened
life expectancy, 1 but it was not until many years later that much attention was given to …

Rebecca J Boffa senior research fellow1, Margaret Constanti senior health economist1,
Christopher N Floyd clinical adviser2 3, Anthony S Wierzbicki chair of guideline committee …

Despite the availability of effective pharmacological treatments to aid the control of blood
pressure, the global rate of uncontrolled blood pressure remains high. As such, further …

Discusses cardiovascular risk factors and the effects on the decision to treat hypertension.
Relationship between blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, but no clear threshold …