Hypertension Canada's 2018 Guidelines for Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children

KA Nerenberg; KB Zarnke; AA Leung; K Dasgupta; S Butalia; K McBrien; KC Harris; M Nakhla; L Cloutier; M Gelfer; M Lamarre-Cliche; A Milot; P Bolli; G Tremblay; D McLean; RS Padwal; KC Tran; S Grover; SW Rabkin; GW Moe; JG Howlett; P Lindsay; MD Hill; M Sharma; T Field; TH Wein; A Shoamanesh; GK Dresser; P Hamet; RJ Herman; E Burgess; SE Gryn; JC Grégoire; R Lewanczuk; L Poirier; TS Campbell; RD Feldman; KL Lavoie; RT Tsuyuki; G Honos; APH Prebtani; G Kline; EL Schiffrin; A Don-Wauchope; SW Tobe; RE Gilbert; LA Leiter; C Jones; V Woo; RA Hegele; P Selby; A Pipe; PA McFarlane; P Oh; M Gupta; SL Bacon; J Kaczorowski; L Trudeau; NRC Campbell; S Hiremath; M Roerecke; J Arcand; M Ruzicka; GVR Prasad; M Vallée; C Edwards; P Sivapalan; SB Penner; A Fournier; G Benoit; J Feber; J Dionne; LA Magee; AG Logan; AM Côté; E Rey; T Firoz; LM Kuyper; JY Gabor; RR Townsend; DM Rabi; SS Daskalopoulou

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Hypertension Canada's 2018 Guidelines for Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children

KA Nerenberg, KB Zarnke, AA Leung, K Dasgupta, S Butalia, K McBrien, KC Harris, M Nakhla, L Cloutier, M Gelfer, M Lamarre-Cliche, A Milot, P Bolli, G Tremblay, D McLean, RS Padwal, KC Tran, S Grover, SW Rabkin, GW Moe Show all

Canadian Journal of Cardiology | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.02.022

Abstract

Hypertension Canada provides annually updated, evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis, assessment, prevention, and treatment of hypertension in adults and children. This year, the adult and pediatric guidelines are combined in one document. The new 2018 pregnancy-specific hypertension guidelines are published separately. For 2018, 5 new guidelines are introduced, and 1 existing guideline on the blood pressure thresholds and targets in the setting of thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke is revised. The use of validated wrist devices for the estimation of blood pressure in individuals with large arm circumference is now included. Guidance is provided for the follow-up measurements of bl..

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Richard Gilbert Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

Activities of the HCGC are supported by Hypertension Canada. The members of the HCGC are unpaid volunteers who contribute their time and expertise to the annual development and dissemination of the Hypertension Canada guidelines. To maintain professional credibility of the content, the process for the development of the guidelines is fully independent and free from external influence. External partners assist with the dissemination of the approved guidelines.