Benefits and Harms of Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment in Adults Aged 60 Years or Older: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Weiss J, Freeman M, Low A, Fu R, Kerfoot A, Paynter R, Motu'apuaka M, Kondo K, Kansagara D.
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Ann Intern Med. 2017 Mar 21;166(6):419-429. doi: 10.7326/M16-1754. Epub 2017 Jan 17.
Ann Intern Med. 2017.
PMID: 28114673
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BACKGROUND: Recent guidelines recommend a systolic blood pressure (SBP) goal of less than 150 mm Hg for adults aged 60 years or older, but the balance of benefits and harms is unclear in light of newer evidence. ...Low- to moderate-strength evidence showed that lowe …
BACKGROUND: Recent guidelines recommend a systolic blood pressure (SBP) goal of less than 150 mm Hg for adults aged 60 years or older …