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 Laurie Herzig Mallery
A1 Michael Allen
A1 Isobel Fleming
A1 Kim Kelly
A1 Susan Bowles
A1 Jill Duncan
A1 Paige Moorhouse
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.