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Hypertension in adults

Quality standard [QS28] Published: 20 March 2013 Last updated: 01 September 2015

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  • Quality statement 1: Diagnosis – ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
  • Quality statement 2: Investigations for target organ damage
  • Quality statement 3: Statin therapy
  • Quality statement 4: Blood pressure targets
  • Quality statement 5: Review of cardiovascular disease risk factors
  • Quality statement 6: Referral to a specialist for adults with resistant hypertension
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Quality statement 3: Statin therapy

Quality statement 3: Statin therapy

Quality statement 3 has been replaced by quality statements on primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in NICE's quality standard for cardiovascular risk assessment and lipid modification.


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