About this item

Issue date:
13 March 2012
Status:
Current
Document date:
13 February 2012
Type:
Guide
Topic:
Diseases & conditions
Copyright status:

Copyright Held by Non-Crown Party

ISBN:
978-1-877509-44-5 (print), 978-1-877509-45-2 (online)

Summary

The New Zealand Primary Care Handbook 2012 is the updated (third) edition of the original New Zealand Cardiovascular Guidelines Handbook (last revised in 2009).

 

This edition includes new content on the management of type 2 diabetes, weight management, stroke and transient ischaemic attack, heart failure and rheumatic fever.



The handbook provides summary guidance from a collection of guidelines and is intended as a convenient reference for health professionals.

 

Cardiovascular disease risk assessment and management for primary care

 

While the New Zealand Primary Care Handbook 2012 above remains a reference for health care practitioners, the Cardiovascular disease risk assessment and management for primary care provides updates for CVD risk assessment, management and diabetes screening advice.