RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Promoting higher blood pressure targets for frail older adults: A consensus guideline from Canada
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 427
OP 437
DO 10.3949/ccjm.81a.13110
VO 81
IS 7
A1 Mallery, Laurie Herzig
A1 Allen, Michael
A1 Fleming, Isobel
A1 Kelly, Kim
A1 Bowles, Susan
A1 Duncan, Jill
A1 Moorhouse, Paige
YR 2014
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/81/7/427.abstract
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.