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KDOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease in Dialysis Patients Section II. Guidelines on management of cardiovascular risk factors Traditional risk factors—such as diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia—and those specific to dialysis patients (anemia and mineral metabolism abnormalities) require regular assessment and treatment as per current recommendations. The relative importance and weight of each of these risk [...]

Blood Pressure Guidelines Medical Author: Benjamin C. Wedro, MD, FACEP, FAAEM Medical Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR The concept of blood pressure is sometimes difficult to understand because it is usually described with numbers. However, adequate pressure within arteries is important to allow blood to be pumped throughout the body to deliver [...]

Treatment Guidelines Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Assessing Patient Risk Key Treatment Goals Improve quality of life and survival Improve to Functional Class I or II Improve 6-minute walking distance (to ?380 m) Improve hemodynamics Alleviate symptoms Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Treatment Algorithm1 Key Treatment Guidelines1 General care consists of oral anticoagulants +/- diuretics +/- oxygen +/- digoxin [...]

Indication BENICAR and BENICAR HCT are indicated for the treatment of hypertension. They may be used alone or in combination with other antihypertensive agents. BENICAR HCT is not indicated for initial therapy. Important Safety Information USE IN PREGNANCY When used in pregnancy during the second and third trimesters, drugs that act directly on the renin-angiotensin [...]

Nearly one in three U.S. adults has high blood pressure—often called a “silent killer†because it usually presents no symptoms. Blood pressure reflects the amount of blood your heart pumps and the resistance it meets in your arteries: the more blood, and the narrower and more rigid your arteries (healthy vessels are elastic), the higher [...]