Cerebrovascular Circulation ; drug effects ; Computer Systems ; Fibrinolytic Agents ; administration & dosage ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery ; drug therapy ; physiopathology ; Infusions, Intravenous ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Regional Blood Flow ; drug effects ; Thrombolytic Therapy ; Tissue Plasminogen Activator ; administration & dosage ; pharmacology

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has updated the clinical practice guidelines on hypertension to provide doctors and patients in Singapore with evidence-based treatment for hypertension. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary (with recommendations from the guidelines) from the MOH clinical practice guidelines on hypertension, for the information of SMJ readers. Chapters and page numbers mentioned in the reproduced extract refer to the full text of the guidelines, which are available from the Ministry of Health website: http://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/healthprofessionalsportal/doctors/guidelines/cpg_medical.html. The recommendations should be used with reference to the full text of the guidelines. Following this article are multiple choice questions based on the full text of the guidelines.
Antihypertensive Agents ; therapeutic use ; Blood Pressure ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Health Promotion ; Humans ; Hypertension ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Life Style ; Risk Factors ; Singapore