TY - JOUR
T1 - Promoting higher blood pressure targets for frail older adults
T2 - A consensus guideline from Canada
AU - Mallery, Laurie Herzig
AU - Allen, Michael
AU - Fleming, Isobel
AU - Kelly, Kim
AU - Bowles, Susan
AU - Duncan, Jill
AU - Moorhouse, Paige
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.3949/ccjm.81a.13110
DO - 10.3949/ccjm.81a.13110
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24987044
AN - SCOPUS:84903907537
SN - 0891-1150
VL - 81
SP - 427
EP - 437
JO - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
IS - 7
ER -