A 54-year-old man is found to have persistently raised clinic blood pressure readings around 150/92 mmHg. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring confirm...

Question

A 54-year-old man is found to have persistently raised clinic blood pressure readings around 150/92 mmHg. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring confirms an average daytime reading of 148/90 mmHg. He has no target organ damage but his 10-year QRISK3 is 18%. According to NICE, what is the most appropriate next step?

Accepted Answer

Start antihypertensive drug treatment

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Reassure and arrange review in 1 year

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Offer lifestyle advice only

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Start aspirin for primary prevention without antihypertensives

Answer

Start a statin only

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Primary hypertension