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 adults" and "Society guideline links: Obesity in children" and "Society guideline links: Fibromuscular dysplasia".)
International
●World Health Organization (WHO): Guideline – Sodium intake for adults and children (2012)
Canada
●Hypertension Canada: Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment of hypertension in adults and children (2020)
United States
●American Diabetes Association (ADA): Standards of medical care in diabetes (2022)
•Children and adolescents
●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on high blood pressure in children and adolescents – Screening (2020)
●American Heart Association (AHA): Scientific statement on the measurement of blood pressure in humans (2019)
●Choosing Wisely: Do not initiate an outpatient hypertension (HTN) work-up in asymptomatic pediatric patients prior to repeating the blood pressure measurement (2018)
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical practice guideline for screening and management of high blood pressure in children and adolescents (2017)
●AHA: A scientific statement on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in children and adolescents, update (2014)
●National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): The fourth report on the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of high blood pressure in children and adolescents (2005)
●NHLBI: The seventh report of the joint national committee on prevention, detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood pressure (2004)
Europe
●European Society of Hypertension (ESH): Guidelines for the management of high blood pressure in children and adolescents (2016)
●ESH: Practice guidelines for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (2014)
●ESH: Practice guidelines for home blood pressure monitoring (2010)
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japanese Society of Hypertension (JSH): Guidelines for hypertension treatment – High blood pressure in children (2019)
