Thursday 25 August 2011

UK blood pressure diagnosis and treatment to change

The way blood pressure is diagnosed and treated is to be revolutionised due to new guidelines for the medical profession issued by NICE.

These guidelines, developed in conjunction with the British Hypertension Society, will mark the first time a change has been made in the way blood pressure is monitored by GPs in over a century.

One key aspect of the new instructions is the recommendation that high blood pressure should be diagnosed using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.

This involves the patient wearing a monitor for 24 hours to gauge their level of blood pressure.

They are also simplify the treatment strategy for high blood pressure, focusing on the most effective treatments, offering specific guidance for how to combat the condition in people of different ages.

University of Leicester Professor Bryan Williams, chair of the NICE hypertension guideline, believes the new approach could mean that some 25 per cent of people currently being diagnosed as hypertensive in the doctor's clinic may not need treatment.
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