TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Hypertension
A1  - Supiano, Mark A.
A2  - Halter, Jeffrey B.
A2  - Ouslander, Joseph G.
A2  - Studenski, Stephanie
A2  - High, Kevin P.
A2  - Asthana, Sanjay
A2  - Supiano, Mark A.
A2  - Ritchie, Christine S.
A2  - Schmader, Kenneth
PY  - 2022
T2  - Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 8e
AB  - Learning  ObjectivesUnderstand  what  key  age-related  physiologic  changes  account  for  the  progressive  increase  in  the  prevalence  of  hypertension  with  age.Explain  the  mechanisms  for  greater  blood  pressure  variability  with  age,  and  understand  why  a  hypertension  diagnosis  should  never  be  based  on  a  single  elevated  measurement.Determine  the  benefit-based  systolic  blood  pressure  (SBP)  treatment  goal  based  on  age,  comorbidities,  and  cardiovascular  and  cognitive  impairment  risk  factors.Understand  that  arterial  stiffness  is  an  independent  cardiovascular  risk  factor.Select  the  best  thiazide-type  diuretic  and  other  medication  classes  to  treat  geriatric  hypertension.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/09/15
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1190911286
ER  -