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2020 International Society of Hypertension Global Hypertension Practice Guidelines

Thomas Unger, Claudio Borghi, Fadi J. Charchar, Nadia Khan, Neil R Poulter, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Agustín J. Ramiréz, Markus P. Schlaich, George S. Stergiou, Maciej Tomaszewski, Richard D. Wainford, Bryan Williams, Aletta E. Schutte

Hypertension · 2020

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Context and Purpose of This Guideline
\nStatement of Remit
\nTo align with its mission to reduce the global burden of raised
\nblood pressure (BP), the International Society of Hypertension
\n(ISH) has developed worldwide practice guidelines for the
\nmanagement of hypertension in adults, aged 18 years and
\nolder.
\nThe ISH Guidelines Committee extracted evidence-based
\ncontent presented in recently published extensively reviewed
\nguidelines and tailored and standards
\nof care in a practical format that is easy-to-use particularly
\nin low, but also in high resource settings – by clinicians, but
\nalso nurses and community health workers, as appropriate.
\nAlthough distinction between low and high resource settings
\noften refers

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1161/hypertensionaha.120.15026
Catalogue ID
SNmoj4435w-jga4ja
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