مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري

Abstract :

In recent years, trials were published and a series of new evidences were presented in relation to hypertension (HT), requiring changes in guidelines. In the light of these studies, the European Society of Hypertension (ESH)/European Society of Cardiology (ESC) HT guideline which was published in 2007 and reviewed in 2009 was revised. The new ESH/ESC HT 2013 guideline announced at the European Hypertension Congress in Milan was published in both Journal of Hypertension and European Heart Journal, and put at the disposal of doctors. In December 2013, the eight Joint National Committee (JNC 8) HT treatment guideline which had been expected for a long time and published online on the Journal of the American Medical Association was issued. Unlike the previous JNC guidelines and ESH/ESC HT guideline, it was a brief guideline containing only recommendations and explaining the grounds of the recommendations. A day before the publication of JNC 8 hypertension treatment guideline, American Society of Hypertension/International Society of Hypertension (ASH/ISH) HT treatment guideline was published. This guideline was also kept short like JNC 8, but contained more details. In this review, we summarized and compared the changes made in the new guidelines.