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Questions discussed in this category

Do you take any special considerations when working up a pregnant patient for secondary causes of hypertension?
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What is your approach for patients who have marked inter-arm blood pressure differences on home and in office measurements?
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Is it a good practice to prescribe clonidine to take as needed for occasional severe blood pressure elevations?
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Do you discontinue amlodipine or use an alternative approach to manage peripheral edema when it occurs as a side effect of the medication?
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Do you prefer telmisartan over other ARBs given its longer half life elimination?
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Is azilsartan superior to other angiotension receptor blockers in regard to cardiorenal outcome data?
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When would you consider referring a patient with resistant hypertension for renal denervation?
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Do you counsel patients to take antihypertensives at specific times of day to maximize efficacy or minimize side effects?
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What is your systolic blood pressure target for patients over 80 with frailty and multiple comorbidities?
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Can a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (CCB) like amlodipine be prescribed in addition to a non-dihydropyridine CCB such as diltiazem or verapamil for treating hypertension?
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What is your approach to managing incidental hypertension without evidence of end-organ damage in hospitalized patients?
How do you consider prn antihypertensives while admitted and/or adjusting a home antihypertensive regimen?
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Do you recommend patients with hypertensive kidney disease transition from wrist to upper-arm home blood pressure monitoring prior to making dose adjustments to their antihypertensive regimen?
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How do you decide on the speed and target of blood pressure reduction for spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage?
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How do you approach long-term blood pressure parameters in ischemic stroke patients with severe symptomatic intracranial stenosis?
How do you balance between having a higher long-term blood pressure to prevent flow failure and leading to worsening of stenosis or occlusion from the...
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Do you recommend transitioning elderly patients from thiazide diuretics to alternative agents when managing hypertension given the increased concern for hyponatremia in this patient population?
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How do the results of the ESPRIT trial, which evaluated the impact of an SBP target of <120 mmHg on preventing major cardiovascular events, influence your blood pressure management goals for hypertensive patients with diabetes or a history of stroke?
ESPRIT Trial
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Do you recommend bedtime administration of antihypertensives in patients who exhibit nondipping on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring?
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Papers discussed in this category

N Engl J Med, 2015 Nov 09
A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control.
Lancet (London, England), 2024 Jun 27
Lowering systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mm Hg versus less than 140 mm Hg in patients with high cardiovascular risk with and without diabetes or previous stroke: an open-label, blinded-outcome, randomised trial.
The New England journal of medicine, 2013-06-20
Rapid blood-pressure lowering in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage.
The New England journal of medicine, 2016 Jun 08
Intensive Blood-Pressure Lowering in Patients with Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage.
The New England journal of medicine, 2024 May 16
Intensive Ambulance-Delivered Blood-Pressure Reduction in Hyperacute Stroke.
Lancet (London, England), 2023 May 25
The third Intensive Care Bundle with Blood Pressure Reduction in Acute Cerebral Haemorrhage Trial (INTERACT3): an international, stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial.
JAMA internal medicine, 2021 Mar 01
Treatment and Outcomes of Inpatient Hypertension Among Adults With Noncardiac Admissions.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2022 Mar 09
Impact of Antihypertensive Drug Class on Outcomes in SPRINT.
Drugs & aging, 2001
Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET): protocol for the main trial.
Circulation research, 2019 Mar 29
Hypertension Management in Older and Frail Older Patients.

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