WHO CVD-risk management package for low- and medium-resource settings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

World Health Organization, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Prevention.

Cardiovascular system.

Health risk assessment.

Physical Description:

38 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The WHO CVD-Risk Management package contains a variety of components to guide healthcare providers and health systems, even those with very minimal resources, to more effective CVD risk management through easy-to-follow risk-assessment and risk-management algorithms; lifestyle counselling protocols; drug treatment protocols; referral pathways, and follow-up schedules.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

WHO CVD-Risk Management Package for low- and medium-resource settings

Introduction

Overview of the WHO CVD-Risk Management Package

Contents of the WHO CVD-Risk Management Package

Core module content

Scenario One

Protocols applicable for implementation of the package

Protocol for CVD-Risk Assessment and Management

Protocol for counselling on diet and physical activity

Protocol for counselling on cessation of tobacco use

Patient record card

Scenario Two

Protocol for CVD-Risk Assessment

Protocol for CVD-Risk Management

Scenario Three

Protocol for CVD-Risk Management in Diabetics

Evidence-based recommendations

Evidence-based recommendations on blood pressure goals

Evidence-based recommendations on choice of cost-effective drug therapy

Evidence-based recommendations on compelling indications for the use of specific antihypertensives

Recommendations on blood pressure measurement devices

Useful additional information

Table 1. Drugs: dosage and contraindications for use

Table 2. Hypertensives crises: emergencies and urgencies

Table 3. Secondary hypertension: causes and clinical features.

Notes:

At head of title: Cardiovascular Disease Programme.

ISBN:

1-280-04152-8

9786610041527

92-4-068167-1

OCLC:

191039478