Slovenian hypertension society

At the regular annual scientific meeting of the Section for hypertension slovenian medical association in 2003, slovenian hypertension society (shs) adopted the first Slovenian guidelines for the treatment of arterial hypertension and published in the medical vestniku. With the development of science and a growing body of evidence that the treatment of hypertension successful extension is only with a quality life, the manner and approach to the treatment vary shs followed this change and in accordance with European guidelines adapted guidelines for our population. Both were published the revised guidelines of 2007. For additional evidence on the effectiveness of the treatment was the 2009 guidelines partial posodobili.3 In June 2013, published the latest European guidelines , which are the foundation of the current smernicam.4 was supplemented by data from domestic literature . We summarize the evidence in favor of the recommendation for the treatment of patients with hypertension. Since the decision on how to address the individual, the individual weight of evidence is crucial to the decision on the measure. Recommendations are assessed by a range of evidence and the level of evidence. Epidemiology The ratio between the amount of blood pressure measured in the clinic and the frequency of serious cardiovascular events ( stroke, myocardial infarction , sudden death , heart failure , peripheral arterial disease , a including end-stage renal failure) , the federal and depends on the age and ethnicity .The prevalence of hypertension in different European countries. The average prevalence in the adult population is 30-45 %. A recent epidemiological study in Slovenia has shown that the prevalence of hypertension in the population over 18 years old about 60 %.Perhaps it is because methodologies prevalence slightly overestimated, but when compared with other data on hypertension in Slovenia and data on the prevalence of hypertension in the European countries, we are not far from the truth. The definition of hypertension definition of hypertension is the last recommendation has not changed. The boundary between normotenzijo and hypertension is 140/90 mmHg .The patient is classified according to the highest value of the measured systolic and / or diastolic blood pressure. Sam amount of blood pressure is not sufficient to decide on the method and type of treatment.