CHAPTER 2: CVS: Hypertension Flashcards
What does lowering blood pressure reduce the risk of? (4)
- Stroke
- Coronary heart events
- Renal impairment
- Heart failure
What lifestyle advice should patients with hypertension be given? (7)
- Smoking cessation
- Weight reduction
- Alcohol and coffee intake reduction
- Salt reduction
- Total and saturated fat reduction
- Increasing exercise
- Increasing fruit and veg
What should patients presenting with a BP of 140/90mmHg be offered to confirm diagnosis? (2)
- Ambulatory BP monitoring
2. Home BP monitoring
What is the BP of someone with stage 1 hypertension?
140/90mmHg and ambulatory average of 135/85mmHg or higher
Patients UNDER 80 with STAGE 1 hypertension are only treated if they have which other co-morbidities? (5)
- Target organ damage
- Cardiovascular disease
- Renal disease
- Diabetes
- 10 year cardiovascular risk >20%
If a patient under 40 presents with stage 1 hypertension and has no other co-morbidities, what further investigations should be done?
Causes of secondary hypertension
How are patients UNDER 80 with STAGE 1 hypertension with no other co-morbidities treated?
Lifestyle advice only
All patients with STAGE 2 hypertension should be treated. What is the BP of someone with STAGE 2 hypertension?
> 160/100 (ambulatory >150/95)
What should you do if someone has a clinic blood pressure over 180 systolic or over 110 diastolic?
TREAT PROMPTLY
What is the target clinic BP of someone with STAGE 1 hypertension?
140/90
What is the target home BP of someone with STAGE 1 hypertension?
135/85
What is the target clinic BP of someone with STAGE 1 hypertension and cardiovascular disease, diabetes in the presence of kidney, eye or cerebrovascular disease?
130/80
When treating hypertension, how long should treatment be tried for to see if it is effective?
4 weeks
What is the first line treatment for hypertension in a white person under 55?
ACE Inhibitor
First line HPT: What is an option if the ACE inhibitor is not tolerated?
Angiotensin Receptor Blocker
First line HPT: What is an option if neither the ACE inhibitor nor the ARB are tolerated?
Beta blocker
What is the first line treatment for hypertension in a person over 55 or a black person?
Calcium channel blocker
First line HPT >55: What is an option if the calcium channel blocker is not tolerated?
Thiazide-like diuretic
What is the second line treatment for hypertension in a white person under 55?
ACE inhibitor + Calcium Channel Blocker (or thiazide-like diuretic)
What is the second line treatment for hypertension in a person over 55 or a black person?
Calcium Channel Blocker (or thiazide-like diuretic) + ACE inhibitor
Is it advisable to give a Beta-blocker together with a thiazide-like diuretic to treat hypertension in those under 55 or white?
NO
What is the third line treatment for hypertension in all patients?
ACE Inhibitor + Calcium Channel Blocker + Thiazide-like diuretics
What must you seek if the patient does not respond to third-line antihypertension treatment?
Specialist advice
What are the options when third-line antihypertension treatment fails?
1) Add low dose spironolactone
2) Increase the dose of the thiazide-like diuretic