Journal article
The Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
Archives of internal medicine (1960), v 157(21), pp 2413-2446
24 Nov 1997
PMID: 9385294
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Abstract
THE PURPOSE of the "Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure" (JNC VI) is to provide guidance for primary care clinicians. The committee recognizes that the responsible clinician's judgment of the individual patient's needs remains paramount. Therefore, this national guideline should serve as a tool to be adapted and implemented in local and individual situations. Using evidence-based medicine and consensus, the report updates contemporary approaches to hypertension control. Among the issues covered are the important need for prevention of high blood pressure by improving lifestyles, the cost of health care, the use of self-measurement of blood pressure, the role of managed care in the treatment of high blood pressure, the introduction of new combination antihypertensive medications and angiotensin II receptor blockers, and strategies for improving adherence to treatment. The JNC VI report places more emphasis than earlier reports on absolute
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- Title
- The Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
- Creators
- H R BlackJ D CohenN M KaplanK C FerdinandA V ChobanianH P DustanR W GiffordM MoserS G ShepsL AgodoaP A AugustG L BakrisVicki Burt - National Center for Health StatisticsW BusseB L CarterF D ChesleyJ CleemanJ N CohnL L CreglerC CrespoW C CushmanJ CutlerM D DarrowV L DeQuattroR B DevereuxL D DworkinW J ElliottM EpsteinBonita Falkner - Drexel University, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences (1996-1998)C M FerrarioJ M FlackW FrishmanE D FrohlichL A GreenR H GrimmJ M HagbergW D HallJ HandlerS HavasM N HillM J HoranW A HsuehB N HymanJ L IzzoK JamersonJ P KileyM S KocharK M KolasaL R KrakoffD LevyM D LindheimerR V LuepkerMEL MaloneB MassieB J MatersonJ MerchantF H MesserliN H MillerM A MooreL MustoneAlexanderS OparilH M PerryT G PickeringJ H PrattCVS RamO S RandallJ W ReedR W RobertsE J RoccellaS D RogusE SaundersE SchronG SchwartzB M SibaiD SnyderSowersJ StamlerR TempleS TextorT ThomD G VidtM WeberM H WeinbergerR WeinshilboumP K WheltonJ P WhisnantD O WiebersM C WinstonJ T WrightC LenfantL CasserP J ColmanT EdwardsD M FeeleyJ GajewskiD LevineW MangerE C MarshallW A NickeyR W RobertB G SecrestE H SingerJ P WhisnantG J WilsonJ M YoungJ W BachmanV M CampeseA A CarrM HandD C HoldenM J JamiesonS JuliusG A MensahM PrisantJ M SullivanD J WilsonG MoroscoD E AndersonD Waugh
- Publication Details
- Archives of internal medicine (1960), v 157(21), pp 2413-2446
- Publisher
- Amer Medical Assoc
- Number of pages
- 34
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Management; Nutrition Sciences
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1997YH22200004
- Other Identifier
- 991019174622804721
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