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Judith A. Whitworth
Researcher at Australian National University
Publications - 166
Citations - 8581
Judith A. Whitworth is an academic researcher from Australian National University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blood pressure & Adrenocorticotropic hormone. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 166 publications receiving 8177 citations. Previous affiliations of Judith A. Whitworth include University of New South Wales & Greenslopes Private Hospital.
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2003 World Health Organization (WHO)/International Society of Hypertension (ISH) statement on management of hypertension.
TL;DR: There is evidence that specific agents have benefits for patients with particular compelling indications, and that monotherapy is inadequate for the majority of patients, and for patients without a compelling indication for a particular drug class, a low dose of diuretic should be considered for initiation of therapy.
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1999 World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the management of hypertension. Guidelines sub-committee of the World Health Organization.
John Chalmers,Stephen MacMahon,G. Mancia,Judith A. Whitworth,Lawrence J. Beilin,Lennart Hansson,Bruce Neal,Anthony Rodgers,C. Ni Mhurchu,Taane G. Clark +9 more
TL;DR: These guidelines represent the fourth revision of theWHO-ISH Guidelines and were finalised after presentation and discussion at the 7th WHO-ISH Meeting on Hypertension, Fukuoka, Japan, 29th Sept-1st Oct, 1998.
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Cardiovascular consequences of cortisol excess.
TL;DR: This review analyses the relationship of cortisol excess, both locally and at tissue level, to these cardiovascular risk factors, and to putative mechanisms for hypertension, in the general population and in Cushing's syndrome.
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World Health Organization (WHO) and International Society of Hypertension (ISH) risk prediction charts: assessment of cardiovascular risk for prevention and control of cardiovascular disease in low and middle-income countries
Shanthi Mendis,Lars H Lindholm,Giuseppe Mancia,Judith A. Whitworth,Michael H. Alderman,Stephen S Lim,Tony Heagerty +6 more
TL;DR: The WHO/ISH risk predication charts presented here, enable the prediction of future risk of heart attacks and strokes in people living in low and middle income countries, for the first time.
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Cushing, cortisol, and cardiovascular disease.
TL;DR: Cushing's syndrome of glucocorticoid excess is named after the eminent Boston neurosurgeon Harvey W. Cushing, and candidate mechanisms currently being examined include inhibition of the vasodilator nitric oxide system and increases in vasoconstrictor erythropoietin concentration.