Intensive blood pressure control in diabetes.
Contemporary standards of care, including many "quality improvement" and "pay-for-performance" measures, indicate that aggressive blood pressure control should be instituted in patients with type 2 diabetes. Is this consistent with the evidence? This was recently the topic of a Sioux Falls Family Residency Program Journal Club presentation, in which we found the answer is a resounding "No".
Sioux Falls Family Medicine Residency Program, Department of Family Medicine, USD Sanford School of Medicine, USA.
James
J
Wilde
Mark K
MK
Huntington
D003663:Decision Trees; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008875:Middle Aged