International Society of Hypertension (ISH): statement on the management of blood pressure in acute stroke

J Hypertens. 2003 Apr;21(4):665-72. doi: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000052489.18130.43.

Abstract

The ISH statement on the management of blood pressure in acute stroke was finalized after presentation and discussion at the World Health Organization and International Society of Hypertension (WHO-ISH) Meeting on Stroke and Blood Pressure, held in Melbourne, Australia, 5-7 December 2002. The meeting was conducted under the auspices of the Austin Hospital Medical Research Foundation, Melbourne.

Publication types

  • Guideline
  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Blood Pressure*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / drug therapy*
  • Hypertension / etiology
  • Hypotension / drug therapy*
  • Hypotension / etiology
  • Societies, Medical
  • Stroke / complications*
  • Sympathomimetics / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Sympathomimetics