jnc 8 blood pressure guidelines

[thegame11]

For step 2 questions, do we use the old guidelines or the new guidelines to answer questions.

"JNC 8, in healthy patients ages 18-59 and patients with diabetes and/or CKD, the goal BP is <140/90. But in healthy people greater than 60 years of age, the BP target should be <150/90."

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[thehundredthone]

The JNC 8 guidelines are still not free of controversy, I think you'd do okay to stick with the JNC 7 guidelines for now.

 

[AMEHigh]

I'm a DO student, not taking USMLE and haven't done Uworld, but Combank said for us to stick to jnc 7 for now. I specifically got a question wrong because I used jnc 8 guidelines. So I was actually wondering the same thing.