September 5, 2017
The American Diabetes Association has published an update of its 2003 position statement on hypertension and diabetes in the September 2017 issue of Diabetes Care. Led by George Bakris, MD of the University of Chicago Section of Endocrinology, and Director of the ASH Comprehensive Hypertension Center, the international writing group revised the guidelines in light of several recent landmark randomized trials. Greater emphasis was placed on the routine use of home blood pressure readings, routine assessment of orthostatic pressure, and the cautious use of agents like spironolactone for resistant hypertension. Andrew Davis, MD, a primary care internist at University of Chicago Medicine, also served on the writing group.