[Home control of high blood pressure].
Control of blood pressure is far from satisfactory, reaching approximately 13% in Romania according the SEPHAR study.


OBJECTIVE
Assessment of blood pressure control in elderly by blood pressure monitoring at home.


METHODS
64 hypertensive patients (36 women and 28 men) with mean age of 76.3 years which blood pressure has been normalized by admitting in hospital were followed for a period of three months, by self-measuring blood pressure at home (twice a week).


RESULTS
In the first week after hospital discharge the mean systolic pressure was 158 +/- 17.06 and after adjustment of treatment was 136.76 +/- 11.36 mmHg. To the end of the study blood pressure was controlled at a rate of 81.25%.


CONCLUSIONS
To increase the percentage of therapeutic control of blood pressure at home, small changes in drug dosage are needed.
Doctorand al Universităţii de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr.T. Popa laşi, Spitalul de Boli cronice Moineşti.
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D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents