1993 GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF MILD HYPERTENSION - MEMORANDUM FROM A WHO ISH MEETING/

Authors
ZANCHETTI A CHALMERS J ARAKAWA K GYARFAS I HAMET P HANSSON L JULIUS S MACMAHON S MANCIA G MENARD J OMAE T REID J SAFAR M
Citation
A. Zanchetti et al., 1993 GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF MILD HYPERTENSION - MEMORANDUM FROM A WHO ISH MEETING/, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 71(5), 1993, pp. 503-517
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Bulletin of the World Health Organization → ACNP
ISSN journal
00429686
Volume
71
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
503 - 517
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-9686(1993)71:5<503:1GFTMO>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The present guidelines were prepared by the Guidelines Sub-Committee(a ) of the WHO/ISH (International Society of Hypertension) Mild Hyperten sion Liaison Committee. They represent the third revision of the WHO/I SH guidelines and were finalized after discussions at the Sixth WHO/IS H Meeting on Mild Hypertension in Chantilly, France, on 28-31 March 19 93. The new guidelines discuss the cardiovascular risk in patients wit h hypertension, the definition and classification of mild hypertension , drug treatment (including the elderly) and non-drug measures, cost-e ffectiveness, and further research.