Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Hypertension in children" and "Society guideline links: Diabetes mellitus in adults" and "Society guideline links: Fibromuscular dysplasia".)
International
●World Health Organization (WHO): Guideline for the pharmacological treatment of hypertension in adults (2021)
●International Society of Hypertension (ISH): Global hypertension practice guidelines (2020)
Canada
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't prescribe angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in combination with angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) for the treatment of hypertension, diabetic nephropathy and heart failure (2021)
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't prescribe nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) in individuals with hypertension or heart failure or CKD of all causes, including diabetes (2021)
●Hypertension Canada: Comprehensive guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment of hypertension in adults and children (2020)
●Diabetes Canada: Clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of hypertension (2018)
United States
●American Diabetes Association (ADA): Standards of care in diabetes (2023)
•Cardiovascular disease and risk management
●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on hypertension in adults – Screening (2021)
●US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)/Department of Defense (DoD): Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hypertension (HTN) in primary care (2020)
●American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA): Guideline on the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (2019)
●AHA: Scientific statement on the measurement of blood pressure in humans (2019)
●AHA: Scientific statement on resistant hypertension – Detection, evaluation, and management (2018)
●ACC/AHA/American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)/Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC)/American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)/American Geriatrics Society (AGS)/American Pharmacists Association (APhA)/American Society of Hypertension (ASH)/American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC)/National Medical Association (NMA)/Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA): Guideline for the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of high blood pressure in adults (2017)
●American College of Physicians (ACP) and American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP): Clinical practice guideline on the pharmacologic treatment of hypertension in adults aged 60 years or older to higher versus lower blood pressure targets (2017)
●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on renovascular hypertension (2017)
●AHA: A scientific statement on the impact of hypertension on cognitive function (2016)
Europe
●European Society of Hypertension (ESH): Practice guidelines for office and out-of-office blood pressure measurement (2021)
●ESH: Position document on nutraceuticals and blood pressure control (2020)
●European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/ESH: Clinical practice guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension (2018)
●ESH: Practice guidelines for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (2014)
●ESH: Practice guidelines for home blood pressure monitoring (2010)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on hypertension in adults – Diagnosis and management (2019, updated 2023)
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on percutaneous transluminal renal sympathetic denervation for resistant hypertension (2023)
●British and Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS): Position document on the management of hypertensive crisis (2022)
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on implanting a baroreceptor stimulation device for resistant hypertension (2015)
●NICE: Quality standard on hypertension in adults (2013, updated 2015)
India
●Indian guidelines on hypertension-IV (2019)
Australia–New Zealand
●National Heart Foundation of Australia: Guideline for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in adults (2016)
●Choosing Wisely Australia: Don't commence therapy for hypertension or hyperlipidaemia without first assessing the absolute risk of a cardiovascular event (2015)
●National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance (NVDPA): Guidelines for the management of absolute cardiovascular disease risk (2012)
Japan
●[In English] Japanese Society of Hypertension (JSH): Guidelines for the management of hypertension (2019)
●[In Japanese] JSH: Guidelines for hypertension treatment (2019)
