Key result
Physiological changes in the elderly, such as reduced arterial elasticity and baroreceptor sensitivity, increase the risks of antihypertensive treatment but do not contraindicate its use.
Why the study?
Does antihypertensive treatment pose acceptable risks in elderly patients with hypertension?
Population
Elderly patients with hypertension
Design
Review
Authors
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Supports cautious antihypertensive use in elderly despite risks; leaves open optimal regimens from higher-level trials.
Does antihypertensive treatment pose acceptable risks in elderly patients with hypertension?
Despite age-related physiological changes that increase the risks of antihypertensive therapy, treatment is not contraindicated in the elderly.
J. D. Swales (1979) conducted a review in Hypertension in the elderly. Antihypertensive treatment was evaluated. Physiological changes in the elderly, such as reduced arterial elasticity and baroreceptor sensitivity, increase the risks of antihypertensive treatment but do not contraindicate its use.