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Recent hypertension management guidelines for patients with diabetes present differing expert opinions regarding optimal blood pressure targets and treatments to lower vascular risks.
This review provides an updated summary of hypertension management guidelines for patients with diabetes, addressing the evidence behind varying blood pressure targets.
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Clinicians must navigate conflicting BP targets in diabetes guidelines; leaves open the need for consensus trials.
Several guidelines and position statements are published to help clinicians manage hypertension in patients with diabetes. Although there is an unequivocal call to treat hypertension in diabetes, professional organizations and experts have differing opinions regarding the most optimal blood pressure targets and treatments to lower vascular risks in the diabetes population. The objective of this article is to summarize the most recent hypertension management guidelines with particular attention to the origins and evidence behind these recommendations.
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Passarella et al. (2018) conducted a review in Hypertension in diabetes. Hypertension management guidelines was evaluated. Recent hypertension management guidelines for patients with diabetes present differing expert opinions regarding optimal blood pressure targets and treatments to lower vascular risks.
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