May 1, 2022Open Access
2022 Guidelines of the Taiwan Society of Cardiology and the Taiwan Hypertension Society for the Management of Hypertension.
Why the study?
Recent trials challenged the traditional 140/90 mmHg blood pressure threshold, and reliance on office measurements in real-world practice remained suboptimal compared to home monitoring.
Population
People with elevated blood pressure and hypertensive patients
Design
Clinical practice guideline
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support reevaluating 140/90 mmHg thresholds; leaves open optimal targets pending randomized data.
Structured PICO
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Population
People with elevated blood pressure and hypertensive patients
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Intervention
Hypertension management including lifestyle modification, 5 major antihypertensive drug classes, and home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) with a target of < 130/80 mmHg
The 2022 Taiwan guidelines redefine hypertension and its treatment target to <130/80 mmHg based on home blood pressure monitoring, shifting away from the traditional 140/90 mmHg office-based threshold.
Cite This Study
Wang et al. (2022) studied this question.