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Hypertension Canada's 2020 Comprehensive Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children

  • Doreen M. Rabi*
  • , Kerry A. McBrien
  • , Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze
  • , Meranda Nakhla
  • , Sofia B. Ahmed
  • , Sandra M. Dumanski
  • , Sonia Butalia
  • , Alexander A. Leung
  • , Kevin C. Harris
  • , Lyne Cloutier
  • , Kelly B. Zarnke
  • , Marcel Ruzicka
  • , Swapnil Hiremath
  • , Ross D. Feldman
  • , Sheldon W. Tobe
  • , Tavis S. Campbell
  • , Simon L. Bacon
  • , Kara A. Nerenberg
  • , George K. Dresser
  • , Anne Fournier
  • Ellen Burgess, Patrice Lindsay, Simon W. Rabkin, Ally P.H. Prebtani, Steven Grover, George Honos, Jeffrey E. Alfonsi, Jo Anne Arcand, François Audibert, Geneviève Benoit, Jesse Bittman, Peter Bolli, Anne Marie Côté, Janis Dionne, Andrew Don-Wauchope, Cedric Edwards, Tabassum Firoz, Jonathan Y. Gabor, Richard E. Gilbert, Jean C. Grégoire, Steven E. Gryn, Milan Gupta, Fady Hannah-Shmouni, Robert A. Hegele, Robert J. Herman, Michael D. Hill, Jonathan G. Howlett, Gregory L. Hundemer, Charlotte Jones, Janusz Kaczorowski, Nadia A. Khan, Laura M. Kuyper, Maxime Lamarre-Cliche, Kim L. Lavoie, Lawrence A. Leiter, Richard Lewanczuk, Alexander G. Logan, Laura A. Magee, Birinder K. Mangat, Philip A. McFarlane, Donna McLean, Andre Michaud, Alain Milot, Gordon W. Moe, S. Brian Penner, Andrew Pipe, Alexandre Y. Poppe, Evelyne Rey, Michael Roerecke, Ernesto L. Schiffrin, Peter Selby, Mike Sharma, Ashkan Shoamanesh, Praveena Sivapalan, Raymond R. Townsend, Karen Tran, Luc Trudeau, Ross T. Tsuyuki, Michel Vallée, Vincent Woo, Alan D. Bell, Stella S. Daskalopoulou
*Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Calgary
  • McGill University
  • McGill University
  • University of Calgary
  • University of British Columbia
  • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • University of Ottawa
  • Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
  • University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
  • Concordia University
  • Western University
  • Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre
  • Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
  • McMaster University
  • Centre Hospitalier de L'Universite de Montreal
  • Ontario Tech University
  • Université de Sherbrooke
  • Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School
  • Selkirk Regional Health Centre
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Montreal
  • National Institutes of Health
  • University of British Columbia
  • Université du Québec à Montréal
  • University of Alberta
  • University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital
  • St Thomas’ Hospital and Kings College London
  • Alberta Health Services
  • Université Laval
  • University of Manitoba
  • Population Health Research Institute, Ontario
  • University of Saskatchewan
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont

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Abstract

Hypertension Canada's 2020 guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment of hypertension in adults and children provide comprehensive, evidence-based guidance for health care professionals and patients. Hypertension Canada develops the guidelines using rigourous methodology, carefully mitigating the risk of bias in our process. All draft recommendations undergo critical review by expert methodologists without conflict to ensure quality. Our guideline panel is diverse, including multiple health professional groups (nurses, pharmacy, academics, and physicians), and worked in concert with experts in primary care and implementation to ensure optimal usability. The 2020 guidelines include new guidance on the management of resistant hypertension and the management of hypertension in women planning pregnancy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)596-624
Number of pages29
JournalCanadian Journal of Cardiology
Volume36
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2020
Externally publishedYes

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