Promoting higher blood pressure targets for frail older adults: a consensus guideline from Canada.

Mallery, Laurie Herzig; Allen, Michael; Fleming, Isobel; Kelly, Kim; Bowles, Susan; Duncan, Jill; Moorhouse, Paige · Cleve Clin J Med · 2014

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Abstract

The authors, who are members of the Dalhousie Academic Detailing Service and the Palliative and Therapeutic Harmonization program, recommend that antihypertensive treatment be less intense in elderly patients who are frail. This paper reviews their recommendations and the evidence behind them.

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