Avaliação da hipertensão

Última revisión: 13 Sep 2025
Última actualización: 10 Dec 2024

Resumen

Diagnósticos diferenciais

comuns

  • Hipertensão essencial
  • Estenose da artéria renal
  • Doença renal crônica
  • Uropatia obstrutiva
  • Síndrome da apneia e hipopneia obstrutiva do sono
  • Síndromes da hipoventilação da obesidade
Detalhes completos

Incomuns

  • Coarctação da aorta
  • Pré-eclâmpsia
  • Glomerulonefrite
  • Síndrome nefrótica
  • Doença renal policística
  • Feocromocitoma
  • Hiperaldosteronismo
  • Síndrome/doença de Cushing
  • Hipertireoidismo
  • Hipotireoidismo
  • Hiperparatireoidismo
  • Excesso crônico de bebidas alcoólicas
  • Medicação
  • Uso de substâncias ilícitas
  • "Hipertensão do jaleco branco"
Detalhes completos

Colaboradores

Autores

Sunil Nadar, MD, FRCP, CCT, FESC, FACC

Consultant Cardiologist

Dudley Group of hospitals NHS trust

Dudley

UK

Declarações

SN is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Gregory Y.H. Lip, MD, FRCP, DFM, FACC, FESC, FEHRA

Price-Evans Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

University of Liverpool

Senior Investigator

National Institute for Health Research

UK

Distinguished Professor

Faculty of Medicine

Aalborg University

Denmark

Adjunct Professor

Yonsei University

Seoul

South Korea

Disclosures

GYHL is a consultant and speaker for BMS/Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi-Sankyo, and Anthos. No fees are received personally. GYHL is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Peer reviewers

Rod Jackson, MD, PhD

Professor of Epidemiology

Head of the Section of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

School of Population Health

University of Auckland

Auckland

New Zealand

Disclosures

RJ declares that he has no competing interests.

Alan Wilkinson, MD, FRCP

Professor of Medicine

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Los Angeles

CA

Disclosures

AW declares that he has no competing interests. Unfortunately we have since been made aware that Professor Wilkinson is deceased.

Michael Schachter, MB, BSc, FRCP

Department of Clinical Pharmacology

St Mary’s Hospital

Imperial College

London

UK

Disclosures

MS declares that he has no competing interests.

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References

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Key articles

Whelton PK, Carey RM, Aronow WS, et al. 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA guideline for the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of high blood pressure in adults. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 May 15;71(19):e127-248. Abstract

James PA, Oparil S, Carter BL, et al. 2014 evidence-based guideline for the management of high blood pressure in adults: report from the panel members appointed to the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8). JAMA. 2014 Feb 5;311(5):507-20.Full text  Abstract

McEvoy JW, McCarthy CP, Bruno RM, et al. 2024 ESC guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension. Eur Heart J. 2024 Oct 7;45(38):3912-4018.Full text

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management. Nov 2023 [internet publication].Full text

Waguespack DR, Dwyer JP. Assessment of blood pressure: techniques and implications from clinical trials. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2019 Mar;26(2):87-91. Abstract

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