Hypertension management in older patients-Are the guideline blood pressure targets appropriate?

Jane A H Masoli^{1

2}, James P Sheppard³, Chakravarthi Rajkumar^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
² Healthcare for Older People, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK.
³ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Elderly Care and Stroke Medicine, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, UK.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK.

Editorial

Jane A H Masoli et al. Age Ageing. 2022.

. 2022 Jan 6;51(1):afab226.

doi: 10.1093/ageing/afab226.

Jane A H Masoli^{1

2}, James P Sheppard³, Chakravarthi Rajkumar^{4

5}

¹ College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
² Healthcare for Older People, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK.
³ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Elderly Care and Stroke Medicine, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, UK.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: ageing; blood pressure; frailty; guidelines; hypertension; older people.

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Do we AGREE on the targets of antihypertensive drug treatment in older adults: a systematic review of guidelines on primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
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