The Eight Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of Hypertension (JNC 8); How it Differs from JNC 7 and the Clinical Implications

Abstract

The global burden of disease has shifted from communicable to non-communicable disease. Hence, hypertension has achieved global significance. Hypertension related morbidity and mortality is quite high all over the world. Physicians require guidelines in management of hypertension that is based on best available scientific evidence so as to have improved patient's outcome and standardize their clinical practice. The aim of this review was to compare the most recent hypertension guideline released by the Eight Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of Hypertension (JNC 8) and the former (JNC 7), highlighting their differences and their clinical implications in patient's management.