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HYPERTENSIONHypertension is more commonly known as raised blood pressure. It rarely causes symptoms but is very important, as hypertension is known to be associated with an increased risk of both heart attacks and strokes. Hypertension is diagnosed after a series of blood pressure readings have been taken that are found to be in excess of the current recommendations. Treatment measures include losing weight, taking exercise and reducing the amount of salt in the diet. Most patients with hypertension will have to take medication at some stage. The level at which treatment should be started is a matter of some debate, and is discussed in the papers cited below. Click here to see our hypertension statistics. Abandoning diastole http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/318/7200/1773 British Hypertension
Society guidelines for hypertension management
1999: summary http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7210/630 Tight blood pressure control and risk of
macrovascular and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes: UKPDS 38 http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/317/7160/703 Systematic review of randomised controlled trials
of multiple risk factor interventions for preventing coronary heart disease http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/314/7095/1666 What constitutes controlled hypertension?
Patient based comparison of hypertension
guidelines http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/313/7049/93 British guidelines on managing hypertension |