BETHESDA, Maryland — There's a page on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) website with a table that tracks the progress of three "expert panels" and two "working groups" charged ...
CHICAGO, IL — At long last, the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8) has released its new guidelines on the management of adult hypertension, which contain two key departures from JNC 7 that the ...
The authors formed nine recommendations which are discussed in detail along with the supporting evidence. Evidence was taken from randomized controlled trials, the gold standard for establishing ...
The latest Joint National Committee guidelines are based on 27 large clinical trials concerning hypertension management. These trials are often discussed in isolation, but their data have never been ...