Global research team develops online-based tool for hypertension management for each patient

A global team of researchers from India, Australia, the US, and the UK has developed a novel online-based tool which can transform how hypertension is managed, allowing doctors to choose a treatment for each patient based on the degree to which they need to lower their blood pressure. The ‘blood pressure treatment efficacy calculator’ is built on data from nearly 500 randomised clinical trials in over 100,000 people.
 
It allows doctors to see how different medications are likely to lower blood pressure. The new tool, described in research published in The Lancet, categorises treatments as low, moderate, and high intensity, based on how much they lower blood pressure (BP). High blood pressure is one of the world’s biggest health challenges, affecting as many as 1.3 billion people and leading to around ten million deaths each year.