Hypertension

JNC8 Guidelines

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Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines

From NEJM

HPV testing and PAP smear guidelines

Cholesterol Guidelines

ACC AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines

Treatment of  High Blood Cholesterol

4 subgroups where benefit clearly outweighs risk of statin therapy:

1.  (+) atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

2.  LDL >/=190mg/dL

3.  LDL >/=70mg/dL +  DM

4.  LDL >/=70mg/dL + >/=7.5% 10-year risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

**Lower LDL by >/=50%, use high-intensity statin therapy

Groups for which no evidence or statin not recommended:

1.  >/=75y/o unless with clinical cardiovascular disease

2.  on HD

3.  NYHA 2-4

Other Notes:

1. target levels no longer emphsized; do not measure LDL routinely

2.  avoid non-statin agents

3.  do not use surrogate markers (CRP, calcium scores)

4.  use risk-calculator

http://static.heart.org/ahamah/risk/Omnibus_Risk_Estimator.xls 

Notes from the actual 85-page guidelines:

Cholesterol LDL Levels

Table refines the Friedewald equation.  

Cholesterol Content of Food

Schedule for Screening Colonoscopy

Algorithm for Evaluation of Abnormal LFTs