Resistant Hypertension or Resistant Prescribing?
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Editorial Commentary Resistant Hypertension or Resistant Prescribing?
The term “resistant hypertension” (RH) evokes a myriad of clinical descriptions, nearly all of which implicitly ascribe origins of the problem to characteristics inherent within the patient or maleficent qualities of the disease itself. The need for an operational definition to help identify and prioritize a higher-than-average-risk population that could benefit from special diagnostic and ther...
متن کاملResistant or difficult-to-control hypertension.
Copyright © 2006 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 70-year-old woman with a long-standing history of hypertension comes for follow-up. Her medications include atenolol (100 mg daily), hydrochlorothiazide (12.5 mg daily), lisinopril (40 mg daily), and ibuprofen (400 mg twice daily for osteoarthritis). She does not smoke or drink alcohol. Her body-mass index (the weight in kilograms divided by the...
متن کاملResistant Hypertension
High blood pressure (BP) is the leading risk factor for premature death and disability-adjusted life years in the world. The development of a large pharmaceutical base from which to manage patients with hypertension in addition to many patient years of clinical trial experience have made it possible to successfully manage many of these patients. Nonetheless, many questions remain, particularly ...
متن کاملResistant hypertension.
Recent clinical trials suggest that resistant hypertension is increasingly common. In the majority of patients, uncontrolled hypertension is due to persistent elevation of the systolic blood pressure. Older age and obesity are associated with poor blood pressure control. Other contributing factors include severity of the underlying hypertension and renal insufficiency. Poor patient adherence is...
متن کاملResistant Hypertension
High blood pressure (BP) is the leading risk factor for premature death and disability-adjusted life years in the world. The development of a large pharmaceutical base from which to manage patients with hypertension in addition to many patient years of clinical trial experience have made it possible to successfully manage many of these patients. Nonetheless, many questions remain, particularly ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0194-911X,1524-4563
DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.111.183459