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December 11, 2019Clinical CardiologyOpen Access

Hypertension in older adults: Assessment, management, and challenges

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Why the study?

Hypertension is increasing globally and carries adverse cardiovascular outcomes in older adults that are compounded by age-related physiological changes and complex comorbidities.

Population

Older adults with hypertension

Design

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Authors

EOEstefanía OliverosHPHena PatelSKStella Kyung

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Overview

Supports individualized antihypertensive use in older adults; leaves open optimal regimens for frailty and multimorbidity subgroups.

Structured PICO

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Population
Older adults with hypertension
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Intervention
Management strategies including non-pharmacological lifestyle interventions and pharmacological therapy (diuretics, renin-angiotensin system blockers, and calcium channel blockers)

Hypertension management in older adults requires an individualized approach considering frailty, comorbidities, and psychosocial factors, utilizing both lifestyle modifications and pharmacological therapies.

Cite This Study

Oliveros et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56e2675589c71d767d43ahttps://doi.org/10.1002/clc.23303
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