Hypotension is more risky than hypertension in very old people

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7842, 2012, Pages

  Engelaer, Frouke M ^a   Van Bodegom, David ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FATALITY; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERY ELDERLY; AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84858305713     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e721     Document Type: Letter

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