title: [Algorithm of drug therapy for the treatment of arterial hypertension in elderly and old age patients].
abstract: Taking into consideration data of modern research and in conformity with the acting normative instruments and national recommendations we have developed the algorithm of drug therapy for the treatment of arterial hypertension in elderly patients. We give brief characteristic of main pharmacological groups of antihypertensive drugs with respect to their influence upon the elderly organism, systematize criteria for priority and limited prescription of drugs to the groups of old age patients. Given are the rational combinations of medical drugs to be used when single-drug therapy is not effective enough.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Iakushin
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Dasaeva
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Matiukhina
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000187:drug effects*; D000465:Algorithms; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D000075202:Contraindications; D019468:Disease Management; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005252:Fees, Pharmaceutical; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D054539:Medication Therapy Management / Q000592:standards*; D018579:Patient Selection; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents