title: [Hypertension in advanced age].
abstract: Hypertension occurs in above half of elderly patients with the most common type of hypertension being Isolated Systolic Hypertension (ISH). Because of very well documented benefits of ISH therapy in elderly patients attention must be paid to the successful therapy which means: appropriate arterial blood pressure measurement and correct diagnosis of ISH as well as individualization of therapy protocols in accordance with principle: "start low, go slow".
authors.affiliation: NZOZ Centrum Dializ, Fresenius NephroCare, Stacja Dializ w Sieradzu.
authors.forename: Mirosław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kroczak
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D015444:Exercise; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008019:Life Style; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D016540:Smoking Cessation
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents