JNC8 is Finally Here

Adrian Baudy Hypertension December 18, 2013 | 0

After much adieu, JNC8 has finally been released and here are some of the new reccommendations:

In patients 60 years or over, start treatment in blood pressures >150 mm Hg systolic or >90 mm Hg diastolic and treat to under those thresholds.
In patients 18 years with either chronic kidney disease (CKD) or diabetes.
In nonblack patients with hypertension, initial treatment can be a thiazide-type diuretic, CCB, ACE inhibitor, or ARB, while in the general black population, initial therapy should be a thiazide-type diuretic or CCB.
In patients >18 years with CKD, initial or add-on therapy should be an ACE inhibitor or ARB, regardless of race or diabetes status.