Does the prescription of intensified antihypertensives at discharge reduce cardiac events or improve BP control in older adults hospitalized for noncardiac conditions?
Intensifying antihypertensive medications at discharge for older adults hospitalized for noncardiac conditions offers no cardiovascular benefit at 1 year and increases short-term risk of readmission and adverse events.
Among older adults hospitalized for noncardiac conditions, prescription of intensified antihypertensives at discharge was not associated with reduced cardiac events or improved BP control within 1 year but was associated with an increased risk of readmission and serious adverse events within 30 days.
Anderson et al. (Mon,) studied this question.