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High blood pressure treatment: watch out for special cases

Adjustments must be made for patients on renal dialysis, the elderly frail and those on cancer drugs
Sat, Jul 29, 2017 - 5:50 AM
Medical Director, MWH Heart Stroke and Cancer Centre, MBBS, MRCP (UK), M Med (Int Med), FAMS (Cardiology), FRCP (Edin)

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Overtreatment or undertreatment of patients with high blood pressure can have unintended consequences.
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WHILE high blood pressure is commonly managed by many physicians and there are guidelines for management of high blood pressure in the general population, there are certain situations where the usual approach to blood pressure management needs further understanding and fine-tuning according to...

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