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The Pressure Cooker: Hypertension and Hemorrhagic Stroke

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Follow up<br />

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If at the last visit the patient was not diagnosed as<br />

hypertensive they should be reassessed yearly<br />

If lifestyle modification alone was recommended<br />

follow should be at 3 to 6 month intervals<br />

Patients on antihypertensive drug treatment<br />

should be seen every 1 to 2 months until readings<br />

on two consecutive visits are below target then<br />

should be seen at 3 to 6 months intervals<br />

(CHEP, 2010)

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