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Variation in GP decisions on antihypertensive treatment in oldest-old and frail individuals across 29 countries
BACKGROUND: In oldest-old patients (>80), few trials showed efficacy of treating hypertension and they included mostly the healthiest elderly. The resulting lack of knowledge has led to inconsistent guidelines, mainly based on systolic blood pressure (SBP), cardiovascular disease (CVD) but not on...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5399328/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28427345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0486-4 |