2010 Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) recommendations: the scientific summary - an update of the 2010 theme and the science behind new CHEP recommendations.

Diagnosing hypertension: Evidence supporting the 2015 recommendations of the Canadian Hypertension Education Program.

OBJECTIVE To highlight the 2015 Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) recommendations for the diagnosis and assessment of hypertension. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE A systematic search was performed current to August 2014 by a Cochrane Collaboration librarian using the MEDLINE and PubMed databases. The search results were critically appraised by the CHEP subcommittee on blood pressure (BP) me...

Do Recommendations for the Management of Hypertension Improve Cardiovascular Outcome? The Canadian Experience

The Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) was established in 1999 as a response to the result of a national survey that showed that a high percentage of Canadians were unaware of having hypertension with only 13% of those treated for hypertension having their blood pressure controlled. The CHEP formulates yearly recommendations based on published evidence. A repeat survey in 2006 showe...

The Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) recommendations: launching a new series.

[Canadian guidelines for the management of esssential hypertension - Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP). Are they really better than European guidelines?].

Adres do korespondencji: prof. dr hab. n. med. Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz, I Klinika Kardiologii i Nadciśnienia Tętniczego, Uniwersytet Jagielloński Collegium Medicum, ul. Kopernika 17, 31–501 Kraków, e-mail: [email protected] Praca wpłynęła: 28.08.2009 r. Zaakceptowana do druku: 2.09.2009 r. Kanadyjskie wytyczne leczenia nadciśnienia tętniczego — Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP)....

H ypertension Guidelines Revisited

Despite improved education and newer therapies, hypertension remains highly prevalent, affecting nearly 25% of the Canadian population. It predisposes patients to cardiac, cerebral, and peripheral vascular disease, remains a leading cause of renal dysfunction, and contributes to an exacerbation of declining cognitive function in the elderly. The 2004 Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHE...