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CHEP Recommendations Details Lab Tests
CHEP Recommendations Details Lab Tests
Lab Tests
- Routine laboratory tests should be performed for the investigation of all patients with hypertension, including:
- urinalysis (Grade D),
- blood chemistry (potassium, sodium, and creatinine) (Grade D),
- fasting glucose (Grade D),
- fasting total cholesterol and high density lipoprotein cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides (Grade D), and
- standard 12-lead electrocardiography (Grade C).
- Assess urinary albumin excretion in patients with diabetes (Grade D)
- All treated hypertensive patients need to be monitored for the appearance of diabetes according to the Current Diabetes Associate (CDA) guidelines for the new appearance of diabetes(Grade B).
- During the maintenance phase of hypertension management, tests (including those for electrolytes, creatinine, glucose and fasting lipids) should be repeated with a frequency reflecting the clinical situation (Grade D).