| The Physician's Approach to Hypertension in the Office. | |
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PMID: 21274107 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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The family physician must take a comprehensive approach to managing hypertension in the office, to prevent the cardiovascular complications of atherosclerosis. Many risk factors interact to produce the vascular damage which culminates in stroke, myocardial infarction and heart failure. With each patient all the risk factors must be assessed and a specific treatment plan developed. Reduction of elevated blood pressure alone has no consistent effect on the incidence of heart attacks. Pharmacological therapy is usually required for patients with persistently elevated diastolic pressure; this should not exclude the concurrent use of non-pharmacological interventions. As the side effects of hypotensive drugs are common and non-specific, step-down therapy should be considered in those patients whose blood pressure has been controlled for one year. |
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W H Palmer |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien Volume: 31 ISSN: 0008-350X ISO Abbreviation: Can Fam Physician Publication Date: 1985 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-01-28 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0120300 Medline TA: Can Fam Physician Country: Canada |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 345-8 Citation Subset: - |
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