High BP (hypertension)

Summary of changes

Addition: Tests for TFTs and CMP

Medicines: Decrease starting dose of Ramipril from 5mg to 2.5mg

Primary references

1. European Society of Cardiology Scientific Document Group (2018) '2018 European Society of Cardiology/European Society of Hypertension (ESC/ESH) Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension', European Heart Journal, 39(33):3021-3104, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehy339

2. Flack JM, Calhoun D and Schiffrin EL (2018) 'The New ACC/AHA Hypertension Guidelines for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults', American Journal of Hypertension, 31(2):133-135, doi:10.1093/ajh/hpx207

3. National Heart Foundation of Australia (2016) 'Guideline for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in Australia – 2016', Medical Journal of Australia, 205(2):85-89, doi:10.5694/mja16.00526

4. Unger T, Borghi C, Charchar F, Khan NA, Poulter NR, Prabhakaran D, Ramirez A, Schlaich M, Stergiou GS, Tomaszewski M, Wainford RD, Williams B and Schutte AE (2020) '2020 International Society of Hypertension Global Hypertension Practice Guidelines', Journal of Hypertension, 30(6):1334–1357, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.15026