منابع مشابه
Study of Prescribing Patterns of Antihypertensive Drugs
Hypertension is a growing worldwide problem associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Statistics reveals that many patients with hypertension do not have their blood pressure under control. Poor control of this highly prevalent disease can lead to the development of Ischemic heart disease, Stroke, Chronic renal failure. Treatment pattern of hypertension provid...
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Treatment of hypertension among hospitalized patients represents an opportunity to improve blood pressure recognition and treatment. To address this issue, the authors examined patterns of antihypertensive medication prescribing among 5668 hypertensive inpatients. Outcomes were treatment with any antihypertensive medication and treatment with first-line therapy, defined as angiotensin-convertin...
متن کاملA review on prescribing patterns of antihypertensive drugs
Hypertension continues to be an important public health concern because of its associated morbidity, mortality and economic impact on the society. It is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and renal complications. It has been estimated that by 2025, 1.56 billion individuals will have hypertension. The increasing prevalence of hypertension and the continually increasing...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0194-911X,1524-4563
DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000240978.77934.3a