PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Laurie Herzig Mallery AU - Michael Allen AU - Isobel Fleming AU - Kim Kelly AU - Susan Bowles AU - Jill Duncan AU - Paige Moorhouse TI - Promoting higher blood pressure targets for frail older adults: A consensus guideline from Canada AID - 10.3949/ccjm.81a.13110 DP - 2014 Jul 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 427--437 VI - 81 IP - 7 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/81/7/427.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/81/7/427.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2014 Jul 01; 81 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.