Intensification of older adults’ outpatient blood pressure treatment at hospital discharge: national retrospective cohort study
Population
Older adults admitted to hospital for common non-cardiac conditions
Design
Cohort
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Suggests caution with antihypertensive intensification at discharge in older adults; leaves open effects on outcomes and need for trials.
Structured PICO
P
Population
Older adults admitted to hospital for common non-cardiac conditions
I
Intervention
Intensified antihypertensive treatment at hospital discharge
A significant proportion of older adults hospitalized for non-cardiac conditions receive potentially inappropriate intensification of antihypertensive therapy at discharge.
Cite This Study
Anderson et al. (2018) studied this question.