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New hypertension guidance
New hypertension guidance has major implications for countries with low resources
BMJ 2019; 365 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l2296 (Published 29 May 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;365:l2296
- Nadarajah Sreeharan, visiting professor,
- T Kumanan, senior lecturer in medicine,
- K Sujanitha, senior lecturer in medicine,
- M Guruparan, consultant cardiologist
- Department of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna 40000, Sri Lanka
- sreeharan.nadarajah{at}kcl.ac.uk
Haase and colleagues discuss the dangers of overdiagnosis and overtreatment that may result from lowering the 10 year cardiovascular risk in patients with stage 1 hypertension.1 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance takes a more pragmatic approach in retaining the threshold for diagnosis and target for treatment at a clinic blood pressure …
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