Tag: Blood Pressure
AHA: Resistant Hypertension Diagnosis, Tx Guidelines Updated
Ruling out Rx non-compliance, white coat syndrome, and interfering medications necessary
Single, Fixed-Dose Combo Pills Improve Hypertension Outcomes
Findings show improved outcomes may be due to better medication adherence
Positive Link for BMI and Blood Pressure in Chinese Population
BP increase ranging from 0.8 to 1.7 mm Hg per unit BMI in patients not taking antihypertensive meds
Label Mix-Up Spurs Recall of Accord Blood Pressure Meds
Bottle in one of the lots found to contain 100 tablets of spironolactone
Sodium Intake, BP Linked in Communities With Highest Intake
Positive correlations only seen in communities in the highest tertile of sodium intake
Triple Combo Blood Pressure Pill Can Improve BP Control
Proportion achieving target BP increased with use of triple combo pill versus usual care at six months
Tool Improves Identification of Undiagnosed Hypertension
Use of billing data alone shows that up to one in eight hypertension cases might be undiagnosed
Late-Life Blood Pressure Tied to Higher Number of Brain Infarcts
Odds of having one or more infarcts also increased with more rapidly declining SBP slope over time
Blacks Have Elevated HTN Risk Through Age 55 Years
Regardless of BP levels in young adulthood, blacks have increased hypertension risk versus whites
More Youth Classified With HTN Using New 2017 AAP Guidelines
Weighted net estimated increase of 795,000 U.S. youths being reclassified as having hypertension
