7. Measure BP 1 and 5 min after assumption of the standing position if postural hypotension is suspected like in elderly & diabetic patients.

11. The prognostic value of nighttime BP has been found to be superior to that of daytime blood pressure.

16. Thesemeasurements should be encouraged in order to:

17. Provide more information on the BP lowering effect of treatment at trough.

18. Improve patient’s adherence to treatment regimens.

30. Skin stigmata of neurofibromatosis (phaeochromocytoma).

31. Palpation of enlarged kidneys (polycystic kidney).

32. Auscultation of abdominal murmurs (renovascular hypertension).

34. Retina: fundoscopic abnormalities.

35. Heart: apical impulse, abnormal cardiac rhythms, ventricular gallop, pulmonary rales & peripheral oedema.

40. Fasting lipid profile:

41. Serum total cholesterol

42. Serum LDL-cholesterol

43. Serum HDL-cholesterol

44. Serum triglycerides

45. Serum potassium.

47. Estimated creatinine clearance (Cockroft-Gault formula) or glomerular filtration rate (MDRD formula).

48. Haemoglobin and haematocrit.

49. Urine analysis (complemented by microalbuminuria dipstick test and microscopic examination).

51. Carotid ultrasound.

52. Quantitative proteinuria (if dipstick test positive).

53. Ankle-brachial BP index.

54. Fundoscopy.

55. Glucose tolerance test (if fasting plasma glucose >102 mg/dL).

56. Home and 24h ambulatory BP monitoring .