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Hypertension Global Newsletter #7 2024
Approach to acute management of elevated BP in the acute care setting Hypertension
The authors also outline care pathways, both in the acute families to encourage self-management, providing high-quality
care setting and post-hospitalisation, with the acronym A-I-M, pharmaceutical care, and facilitating outpatient team-based care
which refers to Assess-Identify-Modify, in the acute care and home BP monitoring.
setting and Arrange-Inform-Monitor, post-hospitalisation.
These are outlined in more detail below. In particular, effective The authors warn against administering intravenous
strategies for managing hypertension on discharge encompass antihypertensive therapy in asymptomatic patients with elevated
various approaches, including performing assessments to BP, rather they recommend the judicious addition of oral
determine discharge readiness, educating patients and their antihypertensives in the acute setting in asymptomatic patients.
Care pathways for the management of BP in the acute care setting and transitions of care
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