Treatment of hypertension-should we be more aggressive?

• Main Authors: Murtaza Mustafa, Jayaram Menon, EM.Illzam, AM.Sharifa, Nang Khin Mya
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: IOSR 2018
• Subjects: BF1-990 Psychology; RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30191/1/Treatment%20of%20hypertension-should%20we%20be%20more%20aggressive.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30191/2/Treatment%20of%20hypertension-should%20we%20be%20more%20aggressive1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30191/; http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jdms/papers/Vol17-issue1/Version-17/L1701175662.pdf; https://doi.org/10.9790/0853-1701175662
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

In 2014 approximately one billion adults or 22 % of the world population have hypertension (HTN), with 9.4 million deaths in 2010.The rates of HTN in children and adolescents have increased in the last 20 years in the United States. Lowest rates of HTN in the rural India and highest in Poland. HTN r...