Factors associated with antihypertensive treatment intensification and deintensification in older outpatients
Background: New hypertension performance measures encourage more intensive treatment in older adults. Treatment intensification includes starting new medications and increasing the dose of old ones. Medication dose is particularly important to older adults, given their vulnerability to dose-related...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-06-01
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Series: | International Journal of Cardiology. Hypertension |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590086221000173 |