Hypertension guidelines in elderly patients: Is anybody listening?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 52-58

  Tu, Karen ^a,b,d   Mamdani, Muhammad M ^a,e   Tu, Jack V ^a,c,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CHOICE; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BENZOTHIADIAZINES; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS;

EID: 0036067570     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01144-0     Document Type: Article

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