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Philip A. McFarlane

Researcher at University of Toronto

Publications -  94
Citations -  6688

Philip A. McFarlane is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hemodialysis & Kidney disease. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 91 publications receiving 5964 citations. Previous affiliations of Philip A. McFarlane include St. Michael's Hospital & St. Michael's GAA, Sligo.

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The 2015 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for blood pressure measurement, diagnosis, assessment of risk, prevention, and treatment of hypertension.

Kaberi Dasgupta, +68 more
TL;DR: The Canadian Hypertension Education Program reviews the hypertension literature annually and provides detailed recommendations regarding hypertension diagnosis, assessment, prevention, and treatment, and 4 new recommendations were added and 2 existing recommendations were modified this year.
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Hypertension Canada’s 2018 Guidelines for Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children

Kara Nerenberg, +82 more
TL;DR: All individuals with hypertension should have an assessment of global cardiovascular risk to promote health behaviours that lower blood pressure, and an angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor combination should be used in place of either an ang Elliotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotENSin receptor blocker in individuals with heart failure.
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Hypertension Canada's 2016 Canadian Hypertension Education Program Guidelines for Blood Pressure Measurement, Diagnosis, Assessment of Risk, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension

Alexander A. Leung, +77 more
TL;DR: In the diagnosis and assessment of hypertension, automated office blood pressure, taken without patient-health provider interaction, is now recommended as the preferred method of measuring in-office blood pressure as mentioned in this paper.
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The 2010 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part 2 – therapy

TL;DR: The evidence-based recommendations for the prevention and treatment of hypertension in adults for 2010 are updated and treatment thresholds and targets should be predicated on the patient's global atherosclerotic risk, target organ damage and comorbid conditions.