BMJ  1993;306:983-987 (10 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.306.6883.983

Management guidelines in essential hypertension: report of the second working party of the British Hypertension Society.

Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London.

Several important new issues have arisen in the management of patients with hypertension. A working party of the British Hypertension Society has therefore reviewed available intervention studies on anti-hypertensive treatment and made recommendations on blood pressure thresholds for intervention, on non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatments, and on treatment goals. This report also provides guidelines on blood pressure measurement, essential investigations, referrals for specialist advice, follow up, and stopping treatment.

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