Evidence Based Management of People with Hypertension

Course overview:

This course comprehensively deals with all aspects relevant to the diagnosis and management of people with hypertension. Important facets covered include:

How to accurately measure blood pressure irrespective of the device used and the environment where measurements are taken.

• Hypertension within the context of overall cardiovascular risk and its assessment.
• Choice of antihypertensive agent depending on outcome data and where co-morbidities exist.
• Treatment of hypertension in special populations, e.g. pregnancy, diabetes, older people, post stroke and in renal impairment.
• Patient compliance with hypertensive therapy.