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USPSTF Reaffirms Advice to Screen Adults for Hypertension
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USPSTF reaffirms recommendation of screening for high blood pressure in adults
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Adults should continue undergoing routine hypertension screening, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), which specified office blood pressure (BP) measurements for initial screening.
It is reasonable for adults 40 years and older and those at increased risk for hypertension to undergo screening every year. Young people not at risk, or those with a prior normal BP reading, may get screened every few years instead, said Alex Krist, MD, MPH, of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, and colleagues of the task force.
Thus, the USPSTF reaffirms its 2015 grade A recommendation for hypertension screening citing its potential to reduce cardiovascular events, with few major harms while clarifying that this should be performed with office readings, leaving measurements outside the clinical setting (i.e., ambulatory BP monitoring [ABPM] or home BP measurement [HBPM]) for diagnostic confirmation before starting treatment.