Diabetes and Hypertension Management

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Highlighted claims

• All patients aged 40 and above at intervention facilities are screened by medical assistants regardless of presenting complaint. — Understanding the impact, reach and implementation of a health systems intervention to improve diabetes and hypertension care in pluralistic urban public primary care in Bangladesh: a study protocol
• Hypertension diagnosis in the protocol uses defined systolic and diastolic blood pressure thresholds. — Understanding the impact, reach and implementation of a health systems intervention to improve diabetes and hypertension care in pluralistic urban public primary care in Bangladesh: a study protocol
• Diabetes diagnosis in the protocol uses fasting and random plasma glucose thresholds. — Understanding the impact, reach and implementation of a health systems intervention to improve diabetes and hypertension care in pluralistic urban public primary care in Bangladesh: a study protocol
• The medication step-up protocol adds losartan and hydrochlorothiazide after amlodipine for hypertension. — Understanding the impact, reach and implementation of a health systems intervention to improve diabetes and hypertension care in pluralistic urban public primary care in Bangladesh: a study protocol
• The medication step-up protocol adds gliclazide and insulin after metformin for diabetes. — Understanding the impact, reach and implementation of a health systems intervention to improve diabetes and hypertension care in pluralistic urban public primary care in Bangladesh: a study protocol
• Referral is appropriate for very high blood pressure, severe symptomatic blood pressure, uncontrolled hypertension on three agents, high random plasma glucose, or uncontrolled glucose on maximum oral therapy. — Understanding the impact, reach and implementation of a health systems intervention to improve diabetes and hypertension care in pluralistic urban public primary care in Bangladesh: a study protocol