World Health Organization
WHO Guideline for the Pharmacological Treatment of Hypertension in Adults
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Abstract
Every year, more people die from cardiovascular diseases than from any other cause. Hypertension significantly increases the risk of heart, brain, kidney, and other diseases. The last World Health Organization (WHO) guideline on hypertension was published in 1999 and is now outdated.
The new WHO guideline of 2021 provides the most up-to-date recommendations for the pharmacological treatment of adult patients with hypertension. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of the WHO guideline translated into German and to summarize the main recommendations.
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