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. 1993 Aug 15;149(4):409–418.

Report of the Canadian Hypertension Society Consensus Conference: 2. Diagnosis of hypertension in adults.

R B Haynes 1, Y Lacourcière 1, S W Rabkin 1, F H Leenen 1, A G Logan 1, N Wright 1, C E Evans 1
PMCID: PMC1485663  PMID: 8348423

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To update recommendations for the diagnosis of mild hypertension in adults and to assess the role of echocardiography, self-measurement of blood pressure and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. DATA SOURCES: Literature reviews of previous consensus conferences were updated with searches of MEDLINE for the period Jan. 1, 1988, to Nov. 15, 1991, and supplemented by reference lists and personal files. STUDY SELECTION: Panel members selected relevant articles and rated them according to methodologic criteria. DATA EXTRACTION: The data extracted concerned the measurement of blood pressure, the diagnosis of hypertension, the treatment of mild hypertension, and the reliability and validity of echocardiography, self-measurement of blood pressure and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the diagnosis of mild hypertension. The recommendations made were graded according to the level of evidence available, circulated to many experts and approved at a consensus conference. MAIN RESULTS: Previous recommendations for the accurate measurement of blood pressure remain mostly unchanged. Antihypertensive treatment should be prescribed for patients (including the elderly) with an average diastolic blood pressure of at least 100 mm Hg, for those with isolated systolic hypertension (systolic blood pressure of at least 160 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure of less than 90 mm Hg) and for patients with a diastolic blood pressure of 90 to 99 mm Hg and target-organ damage. Clinical judgement is required in treating patients with a diastolic blood pressure of 90 to 99 mm Hg without target-organ damage, and individual risk for cardiovascular disease must be taken into account. There is insufficient evidence to warrant the routine use of echocardiography, self-measurement of blood pressure or ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: Recent high-quality evidence supports several new recommendations for the diagnosis of mild hypertension in adults. Additional research is needed to determine the role of echocardiography, self-measurement of blood pressure and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.

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