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The 2013 Canadian Hypertension Education Program guidelines provide updated, evidence-rated recommendations for hypertension management, including a systolic blood pressure target of <150 mm Hg for the very elderly.
This review summarizes the 2013 Canadian Hypertension Education Program guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hypertension.
May inform elderly hypertension management; leaves open integration of post-2013 trial data.
The Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) has published guidelines annually since 2000. The CHEP guidelines are a model of concise, comprehensive, up-to-date, evidence-rated guidelines for physicians who diagnose and treat hypertension. The guidelines address measurement of blood pressure and the definition of hypertension, secondary hypertension evaluation and treatment, and blood pressure targets and medication choices in patients with and without compelling indications. This review describes CHEP's process for developing guidelines and provides an overview of the 2013 recommendations.
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Ralph H. Stern (2013) conducted a review in Hypertension. 2013 Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) Guidelines was evaluated. The 2013 Canadian Hypertension Education Program guidelines provide updated, evidence-rated recommendations for hypertension management, including a systolic blood pressure target of <150 mm Hg for the very elderly.
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