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- Title
High Blood Pressure Diagnosis and Treatment: Consensus Recommendations vs Actual Practice.
- Authors
Thomson, Gerald E.; Alderman, Michael H.; Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia; Rafter, John G.; Samet, Roger
- Abstract
Abstract: Diagnostic and treatment practices of institutional facilities treating high blood pressure in New York City were surveyed by mail in 1978. Respondents were adhering to the treatment recommendations of the Joint National Committee on Detection. Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. Ninety-two per ¢ of respondents reported 90-104 mm Hg as the diastolic blood pressure level at which drug therapy wax initiated, indicating a more aggressive approach than was warranted by the information available at the time of the survey. (Am J Public Health 1981: 71:413-416.)
- Subjects
NEW York (N.Y.); NEW York (State); HYPERTENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR disease diagnosis; THERAPEUTICS; HEALTH surveys
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1981, Vol 71, Issue 4, p413
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.71.4.413