Hypertension - Therapy
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The potency of team-based care interventions for hypertension: a meta-analysis.

24 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Team-based care is the strategy that has had the greatest effect on improving blood pressure (BP). The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the potency of interventions for BP involving nurses or pharmacists. METHODS: A ... Read more...

Blood glutathione and subclinical atherosclerosis in African men: the SABPA Study.

Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africans face an increasing burden of hypertension and related cardiac and cerebrovascular morbidity and mortality, making the identification of factors leading to early vascular abnormalities imperative. METHODS: We ... Read more...

Home blood pressure monitoring in clinical practice: a review.

30 Aug 2009 Home blood pressure monitoring is a convenient and inexpensive technique to monitor blood pressure in hypertensive patients. There are convincing data that home blood pressure monitoring is a good predictor of future cardiovascular risk, perhaps ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hypertension - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The potency of team-based care interventions for hypertension: a meta-analysis. 24 Oct 2009
• Blood glutathione and subclinical atherosclerosis in African men: the SABPA Study. Sep 2009
• [Arterial hypertension and orthostatic hypotension in the aged] 30 Aug 2009
• Home blood pressure monitoring in clinical practice: a review. 30 Aug 2009
• Thirtieth anniversary of Hypertension: evolution of a journal and a progress report. 29 Aug 2009
• Shattuck Lecture. The hypertension paradox--more uncontrolled disease despite improved therapy. 25 Aug 2009
• [Paraneoplastic endocrine syndromes: diagnosis and management] 24 Aug 2009
• Chronic antioxidant therapy fails to ameliorate hypertension: potential mechanisms behind. 30 Jul 2009
• Recent trends in hypertension treatment: perspectives from animal studies. 30 Jul 2009
• Use of the metabolic syndrome in pediatrics: a blessing and a curse. 30 Jul 2009
• Preface: Chronic diseases in childhood obesity: risks and benefits of early intervention. Ohio, April 2-3, 2009. 30 Jul 2009
• Does treatment of new-onset hypertension reduce risk of stroke in the elderly? 30 Jul 2009
• Dialysis: Normovolemia is a therapeutic target for hypertension. 30 Jul 2009
• Risk factor management: a practice guide. 30 Jul 2009
• Angiopoietins in arterial hypertension: a mechanism of adaptation or a target for treatment? 30 Jul 2009
• Primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases: a practical evidence-based approach. 30 Jul 2009
• Cardiovascular risk factors in patients with chronic kidney disease. 19 Jul 2009
• From research and guidelines to the consultation: five ways to improve blood pressure management in clinical practice. 18 Jul 2009
• Effects of chronic baroreceptor stimulation on the autonomic cardiovascular regulation in patients with drug-resistant arterial hypertension. 18 Jul 2009
• Management of the trigeminocardiac reflex: facts and own experience. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Hypertension'

Definition: Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.

Descriptor UI: D006973

Alternative terms: Hypertension; Blood Pressure, High; Blood Pressures, High; High Blood Pressure; High Blood Pressures;

Related Mesh Headings: Antihypertensive Agents; Vascular Resistance;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C14.907.489;

Technical Notes: not for intracranial or intraocular pressure; relation to BLOOD PRESSURE: Manuel23.27; Goldblatt kidney or Goldblatt hypertension is HYPERTENSION, GOLDBLATT see HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; hypertension with kidney disease is probably HYPERTENSION, RENAL, not HYPERTENSION; venous hypertension: index under VENOUS PRESSURE (IM) & do not coordinate with HYPERTENSION