What does this research mean for the field?

Current clinical management of hypertension is characterized by both overtreatment, including improper diagnosis and overaggressive therapy with unproven drugs, and undertreatment, involving unrecognized and poorly controlled blood pressure. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

May 1, 1994Journal of Internal Medicine

Overtreatment and undertreatment of hypertension

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Population

Patients with elevated systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure

Design

Review

Authors

Curt D. FurbergLinköping University GBG BerglundPreventive Cardiology

Teri A. ManolioPreventive Cardiology

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Implication

Alerts clinicians to dual hypertension management risks; leaves open optimal thresholds and strategies.

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Population

Patients with elevated systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure

Intervention

Treatment of elevated blood pressure

This review highlights the dual public health challenges of overtreatment and undertreatment in hypertension management.

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Furberg et al. (1994) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a17742daeefdf6d9c128f35 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2796.1994.tb01093.x

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Hypertension management

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Overtreatment and undertreatment of hypertension

Discussion

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Structured PICO

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Overtreatment and undertreatment of hypertension

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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