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- Series Statement
- Evidence-based synthesis program
- Uniform Title
- Evidence-based synthesis program (Series)
- Alternative Title
- QUERI
- Subject
- Note
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-74).
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
- Funding (note)
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (VA, viewed February 19, 2021).
- Call Number
- GPO Internet VA 1.107/3:B 62
- OCLC
- 974976311
- Author
Weiss, Jessica, MD, author.
- Title
Benefits and harms of treating blood pressure in older adults : a systematic review and meta-analysis / prepared for Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, Health Services Research & Development Service, Washington, DC 20420 ; prepared by Evidence-based Synthesis Program (ESP), Portland VA Health Care System, Portland, OR, Devan Kansagara ; investigators, Jessica Weiss, Devan Kansagara ; coinvestigators, Amy Kerfoot, Michele Freeman, Makalapua Motu'apuaka, Rochelle Fu, Allison Low, Robin Paynter, Karli Kondo.
- Publisher
Washington, DC : Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, Health Services Research & Development Service, April 2016.
- Description
1 online resource (iv, 101 pages) : illustrations.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Series
Evidence-based synthesis program
Evidence-based synthesis program (Series) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010127829
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-74).
- Summary
Hypertension is a very common chronic illness in the United States and among Veterans. Use of antihypertensive medications can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, renal disease, and death. The most beneficial blood pressure targets for patients of specific age groups, however, has been a topic of some debate and controversy, stemming from concerns that the ratio of benefit to harm of a given blood pressure level may vary with age. In 2014, the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (previously JNC-FG8, referred to in this report as JNC-BP) published new guidelines for the treatment of hypertension, as well as a new treatment goal for older individuals (over age 60) for systolic blood pressure (SBP) of < 150 mm Hg rather than < 140 mm Hg. The new goal for those over 60 years of age has been very controversial; the issue of the appropriate (safest and most beneficial) goal for older people has been debated among experts with viewpoints supporting both higher and lower treatment goals. The objectives of this review are to examine the benefits and harms of differing blood pressure targets among adults over age 60.
- Funding
VA ESP 05-225
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Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
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- Added Author
Kansagara, Devan, author.
Kerfoot, Amy, author.
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Health Services Research and Development Service, issuing body.
Portland VA Medical Center. Evidence-based Synthesis Program Center.
- Gpo Item No.
0985-A-12 (online)
- Sudoc No.
VA 1.107/3:B 62
- Research Call Number
GPO Internet VA 1.107/3:B 62