Hypertension, the changing pattern of drug usage

SUMMARY: Gradually the pattern of use of antihypertensive drug agents has changed, from prime use of diuretics and beta-blockers, to preference for the inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system and the calcium channel blockers. In assessing the value of potentially conflicting evidence, attention s...

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Autor principal: Lionel H, Opie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2009
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4200577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19287817
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spelling pubmed-42005772014-10-31 Hypertension, the changing pattern of drug usage Lionel H, Opie Cardiovasc J Afr Review Article SUMMARY: Gradually the pattern of use of antihypertensive drug agents has changed, from prime use of diuretics and beta-blockers, to preference for the inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system and the calcium channel blockers. In assessing the value of potentially conflicting evidence, attention should be paid to the hierarchy of evidence, which works its way up through 10 steps from isolated case reports to integrated knowledge. Clinics Cardive Publishing 2009-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4200577/ /pubmed/19287817 Text en Copyright © 2010 Clinics Cardive Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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