High Blood Pressure, Hypertension

Screening recommendations for hypertension:

The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) (4):

1. Screen patients with a blood pressure of under 120/80 for hypertension every 2 years.
2. Screen patients with a blood pressure of 120-139/80-90 every year

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and hypertension:

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force supports the JNC 7 and JNC 8 recommendations: See the following link for further information: http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf07/hbp/hbpsum.pdf or http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/