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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/34905| Title: | Should hypertension be treated in the elderly? |
| Authors: | Fenech, Frederick F. |
| Keywords: | Hypertension Hypertension in old age -- Treatment Older people -- Diseases |
| Issue Date: | 1991-03 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Department of Pharmacy |
| Citation: | Fenech, F. F. (1991). Should hypertension be treated in the elderly?. Proceedings of the First Symposium on Drugs in the Elderly in Malta held in March 1991, Malta. 66. |
| Abstract: | Up to a few years ago, there was much disagreement about the advisability of treating the elderly hypertensive. A number of trials have demonstrated that the benefits of therapy outweigh the risks. The rationale of therapy is to reduce the number of strokes and coronary events which are two to three times as common in the hypertensive as in the normotensive. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/34905 |
| Appears in Collections: | Proceedings of the First Symposium on Drugs in the Elderly in Malta held in March 1991 |
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