Diabetes Jnc Guidelines 8
Presently, there are several guidelines that address hypertension in diabetes mellitus, including the recently released guideline from the eighth report of the joint national committee (jnc 8). therefore, this review will compare and contrast these current guidelines, as they relate to the management and treatment of hypertension in diabetes. Jnc8 hypertension guideline algorithm lifestyle changes: • smoking cessation • control blood glucose and lipids • diet eat healthy (i. e. dash diet) moderate alcohol consumption reduce sodium intake to no more than 2,400 mg/day •physical activity moderate-to-vigorous activity 3-4 days a week averaging 40 min per session. The jnc 8 guideline authors cite 2 trials that found no improvement in cardiovascular outcomes with an sbp target Or diabetes. for persons 18 years or older with chronic kidney disease (ckd) or diabetes mellijnc 8 guidelines for the management of hypertension in adults. practice guidelines. Jnc 8 hypertension guideline algorithm...