The Practice Innovation and Clinical Excellence Registry and the Eighth Joint National Committee

The Eighth Joint National Committee has several controversial aspects. One of them is the recommendation to raise the treatment goal in hypertensive patients over 60 years of age (with no history of diabetes or chronic kidney disease) to <150/90 mmHg. This paper discusses the results of a stu...

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Main Authors: Ernesto Ledesma Sánchez, Carlos Alberto Hernández Rodríguez, Alexander Miguel Martínez Pérez, Alberto Morales Salinas
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de las Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos 2015-09-01
Series:Revista Finlay
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Online Access:http://www.revfinlay.sld.cu/index.php/finlay/article/view/361