title: Hypertension in the elderly.
abstract: Recent studies have indicated the need to modify criteria for the diagnosis of hypertension in the elderly. This audit uses computerised records to identify the population at risk and suggests that elderly hypertensives may now be overdiagnosed and overtreated.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haigh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents