A Rational Approach to the Treatment of Hypertension in Special Populations - American ...
Jul 1, 1999 - Hypertension in blacks is usually characterized by low renin, expanded volume and sensitivity to salt. Diuretics are the preferred initial therapy, but response to calcium channel antagonists is also good. The blood pressure response to monotherapy with beta blockers or ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/0701/p156.html
Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists in the Treatment of Hypertension - American Family ...
Sep 15, 1999 - The sixth report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC-VI) includes recommendations for the assessment of overall cardiovascular risk and the need for active antihypertensive drug therapy. Once the decision to ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/0915/p1185.html
Angiotensin-II Receptor Antagonists: Their Place in Therapy - American Family Physician
Jun 1, 1999 - Angiotensin-II receptor antagonists (or blockers) are a newer class of antihypertensive agents. These drugs are selective for angiotensin II (type 1 receptor); unlike angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, they do not inhibit bradykinin metabolism or enhance prostaglandin synthesis. ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/0601/p3140.html
Automated Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring: Clinical Utility in the Family Practice...
Jun 1, 2003 - Although the percentage of patients who are treated for hypertension has increased, the percentage of those who demonstrate control of blood pressure has declined. As a result of this trend, clinicians may increasingly rely on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to improve the ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0601/p2343.html
Calcium Channel Antagonists: Morbidity and Mortality - What's the Evidence? - American ...
Apr 1, 1998 - Recent studies have shown an association between the use of calcium channel antagonists for the treatment of hypertension and an increased risk of myocardial infarction, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and cancer. The interpretation of the results of these studies and their application to ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0401/p1551.html
Combination Antihypertensive Drugs: Recommendations for Use - American Family Physician
May 15, 2000 - The recommendation for first-line therapy for hypertension remains a beta blocker or diuretic given in a low dosage. A target blood pressure of less than 140/90 mm Hg is achieved in about 50 percent of patients treated with monotherapy; two or more agents from different pharmacologic ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0515/p3049.html
Common Questions About the Initial Management of Hypertension - American Family Physician
Feb 1, 2015 - Hypertension is the most common chronic condition treated by family physicians. Elevated blood pressure is associated with an increased risk of heart failure, myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular disease, and death. Treatment of hypertension reduces the risk of these events. Several ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0201/p172.html
Controlling Hypertension in Patients with Diabetes - American Family Physician
Oct 1, 2002 - Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are common diseases in the United States. Patients with diabetes have a much higher rate of hypertension than would be expected in the general population. Regardless of the antihypertensive agent used, a reduction in blood pressure helps to prevent ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2002/1001/p1209.html
Diagnosing Secondary Hypertension - American Family Physician
Jan 1, 2003 - Secondary hypertension is elevated blood pressure that results from an underlying, identifiable, often correctable cause. Only about 5 to 10 percent of hypertension cases are thought to result from secondary causes. The ABCDE mnemonic can be used to help determine a secondary cause of ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0101/p67.html
Diagnosis of Secondary Hypertension: An Age-Based Approach - American Family Physician
Dec 15, 2010 - Secondary hypertension is a type of hypertension with an underlying, potentially correctable cause. A secondary etiology may be suggested by symptoms (e.g., flushing and sweating suggestive of pheochromocytoma), examina- tion findings (e.g., a renal bruit suggestive of renal artery ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2010/1215/p1471.html
Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Difficult-to-Control or Resistant ...
May 15, 2009 - High blood pressure is often difficult to control. Resistant hypertension is blood pressure above goal despite adherence to a combination of at least three antihypertensive medications of different classes, optimally dosed and usually including a diuretic. The approach to blood pressure...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0515/p863.html
Evaluation and Treatment of Severe Asymptomatic Hypertension - American Family Physician
Feb 15, 2010 - Poorly controlled hypertension is a common finding in the outpatient setting. When patients present with severely elevated blood pressure (i.e., systolic blood pressure of 180 mm Hg or greater, or diastolic blood pressure of 110 mm Hg or greater), physicians need to differentiate ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2010/0215/p470.html
High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents - American Family Physician
Oct 15, 2018 - High blood pressure in children and adolescents is a growing health problem that is often overlooked. Children should be screened for elevated blood pressure annually beginning at three years of age or at every visit if risk factors are present. In children younger than 13 years, ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/1015/p486.html
High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents - American Family Physician
Apr 1, 2012 - High blood pressure in children and adolescents is a growing health problem that is often overlooked by physicians. Normal blood pressure values for children and adolescents are based on age, sex, and height, and are available in standardized tables. Prehypertension is defined as a ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/0401/p693.html
Home Monitoring of Glucose and Blood Pressure - American Family Physician
Jul 15, 2007 - Home monitoring of blood glucose and blood pressure levels can provide patients and physicians with valuable information in the management of diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Home monitoring allows patients to play an active role in their care and may improve treatment adherence and ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0715/p255.html
Hypertension in Children and Adolescents - American Family Physician
May 1, 2006 - The development of a national database on normative blood pressure levels throughout childhood has contributed to the recognition of elevated blood pressure in children and adolescents. The epidemic of childhood obesity, the risk of developing left ventricular hypertrophy, and evidence ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0501/p1558.html
Hypertension Treatment and the Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in the Elderly - ...
Mar 1, 1999 - Both isolated systolic hypertension (>140 mm Hg/<90 mm Hg) and systolic/diastolic hypertension (>140 mm Hg/>90 mm Hg) are major risk factors for cardiovascular disease in the elderly. Specific antihypertensive drug therapy is available if lifestyle interventions fail to reduce blood ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/0301/p1248.html
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy - American Family Physician
Jan 15, 2016 - Elevated blood pressure in pregnancy may represent chronic hypertension (occurring before 20 weeks’ gestation or persisting longer than 12 weeks after delivery), gestational hypertension (occurring after 20 weeks’ gestation), preeclampsia, or preeclampsia superimposed on chronic ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0115/p121.html
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy - American Family Physician
Jul 1, 2008 - The National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy has defined four categories of hypertension in pregnancy: chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and preeclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertension. A maternal ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/0701/p93.html
Management of Hypertension in Older Persons - American Family Physician
Feb 1, 2005 - Antihypertensive therapy has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality in older patients with elevated systolic or diastolic blood pressures. This benefit appears to persist in patients older than 80 years, but less than one third of older patients have adequate blood pressure ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2005/0201/p469.html
Managing Hypertension in Athletes and Physically Active Patients - American Family ...
Aug 1, 2002 - Athletes and other physically active patients should be screened for hypertension and given appropriate therapy if needed. Mild hypertension should be treated with non-pharmacologic measures for six months. If blood pressure control is adequate, lifestyle modifications are continued. If...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2002/0801/p445.html
Managing Hypertension Using Combination Therapy - American Family Physician
May 1, 2008 - Combination therapy of hypertension with separate agents or a fixed-dose combination pill offers the potential to lower blood pressure more quickly, obtain target blood pressure, and decrease adverse effects. Antihypertensive agents from different classes may offset adverse reactions ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/0501/p1279.html
Managing the Patient with Hard-to-Control Hypertension - American Family Physician
Mar 1, 1998 - Less than 25 percent of patients with hypertension in the United States have their blood pressure under control, mainly because of inadequate or inappropriate therapy and noncompliance. Approximately one half of these treatment failures are related to factors such as cost and adverse ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0301/p1007.html
New Developments in the Management of Hypertension - American Family Physician
Sep 1, 2003 - The management of hypertension has evolved over the past decade. Isolated systolic blood pressure elevation, the most common form of uncontrolled hypertension, is recognized as a significant risk factor for vascular complications in patients with hypertension. Nutritional management of ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0901/p853.html
NHBPEP Report on High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy: A Summary for Family Physicians - ...
Jul 15, 2001 - The National High Blood Pressure Education Program's Working Group on High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy recently issued a report implicating hypertension as a complication in 6 to 8 percent of pregnancies. Hypertension in pregnancy is related to one of four conditions: (1) chronic ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0715/p263.html
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