Evaluation of Role of Family Physicians in Management and Diagnosis of Hypertension in Primary Health Care Centers

ABSTRACT

Background: Hypertension is a prevalent disease in many countries, either developing alone as essentialhypertension or passing as co-morbid in atherosclerotic diseases and fibrodysplasia. Hypertension has a variablepresentation, with most patients being asymptomatic; clinical signs do occur, such as headaches, and should alertthe physician to the possibility of advanced disease or uncontrolled blood pressure. Methods: PubMed databasewas used for articles selection, and the following keywords were used in the mesh; "Hypertension"[Mesh] and“Evaluation"[Mesh] or "Management"[Mesh] or "Treatment"[Mesh] and “Family Physician” [Mesh]. Manyarticles on the topic were found, with further restriction by PubMed filters, and with reviewing the titles andabstracts of the articles, the final results were included in this paper. Conclusion: Family physicians should focuson maintaining blood pressure to appropriate levels by combining updated guidelines and clinical judgment.Beta-blockers, thiazides, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors continue to be the mainstay of treatmentin hypertensive diseases; newer novel drugs are being tested with promising results.