title: High blood pressure treatment in the elderly.
abstract: Clinicians should clearly understand the magnitude of the clinical benefits attributable to the treatment of hypertension in the elderly so that appropriate tradeoffs can be made between benefits and side effects. Potential types of overtreatment of elevated blood pressure in older persons include inaccurate measurement technique, insufficient numbers of readings, and too great a lowering of blood pressure.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Memphis.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Applegate
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents