A pile of guidelines from NZGG

NZGG


Population Screening for Colorectal Cancer


Prostate Cancer Screening in New Zealand


A Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: health professionals guide


Assessment and Management of Cardiovascular Risk


New Zealand Cardiovascular Guidelines Handbook: Developed for Primary Care Practitioners


The Management of People with Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter


Management of Type 2 Diabetes



Guidelines for the Management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding


Management of Dyspepsia and Heartburn


Depression: information for health practitioners


Guidelines for Medical Practitioners Using Sections 110 and 110A of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992


Guidelines for the Use of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor Drugs in the Treatment of People with Alzheimer's Disease


Diagnosis and Management of Soft Tissue Knee Injuries: Internal Derangements


Diagnosis and Management of Soft Tissue Shoulder Injuries and Related Disorders


New Zealand Acute Low Back Pain Guide, incorporating the Guide to Assessing Psychosocial Yellow Flags in Acute Low Back Pain

Analysis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Guidelines

Traumatic Brain Injury: Diagnosis, Acute Management and Rehabilitation

Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Asthma

Management of Asthma in Children aged 1-15 years

The COPD-X Plan: Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2006

Guidelines for the Management of Genital Herpes in New Zealand

Hormone Replacement Therapy

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From the lancet

Findings

Against the predictions of the linear logistic model, neither all-cause nor cardiovascular deaths depended on systolic blood pressure in a strictly increasing manner. The linear logistic model was rejected by the Framingham data. Instead, risk was independent of systolic blood pressure for all pressures lower than a threshold at the 70th percentile for a person of a given age and sex. Risk sharply increased with pressure higher than the 80th percentile. Since systolic blood pressure steadily increases with age, the threshold increases with age, but more rapidly in women than in men.

Intrepretation

The Framingham data contradict the concept that lower pressures imply lower risk and the idea that 140 mm Hg is a useful cut-off value for hypertension for all adults. There is an age-dependent and sex-dependent threshold for hypertension. A substantial proportion of the population who would currently be thought to be at increased risk are, therefore, at no increased risk.

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Helicobacter Pylori and Peptic Ulcer

A systematic review of effectiveness and an overview of the economic benefits of implementing what is known to be effective