Treatment of hypertension in an elderly outpatient population in the Netherlands

American Journal Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 204-209

  Tulner, Linda R ^a   Kuper, Ingeborg M J A ^a   van Campen, Jos P C M ^a   Koks, Cornelis H W ^a   Mac Gillavry, Melvin R ^a   Beijnen, Jos H ^a,b   Brandjes, Desiderius P M ^a  

^a SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

elderly outpatients; hypertension

Indexed keywords

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

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70249112586     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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