Clinical Outcomes After Intensifying Antihypertensive Medication Regimens Among Older Adults at Hospital Discharge
Why the study?
Does the prescription of intensified antihypertensives at discharge reduce cardiac events or improve BP control in older adults hospitalized for noncardiac conditions?
Population
Older adults hospitalized for noncardiac conditions
Comparison
Prescription of intensified antihypertensives at discharge vs no intensification
Follow-up
Within 1 year
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Intensification at discharge warrants caution in older noncardiac inpatients; leaves open whether RCTs would confirm net harm.
Structured PICO
Does the prescription of intensified antihypertensives at discharge reduce cardiac events or improve BP control in older adults hospitalized for noncardiac conditions?
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Population
Older adults hospitalized for noncardiac conditions
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Intervention
Prescription of intensified antihypertensive medication regimens at hospital discharge
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Outcome
Cardiac events and BP control within 1 year; readmission and serious adverse events within 30 dayshard clinical
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.
Cite This Study
Anderson et al. (2019) studied this question.