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

Format:

• Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Prevention.
• 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