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We Can Do a Better Job

Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:654-656.

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CONCERNS ABOUT poor control of elevated blood pressure in the United States have been repeatedly expressed during the past several years. The 1991-1994 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey¹ reported that fewer than 30% of patients with elevated blood pressure (defined as 140/90 mm Hg) have their blood pressure controlled at goal levels. Results of investigations of elderly patients suggest an even lesser degree of control. Despite these seemingly poor results, there has been a remarkable decrease in the numbers of hypertensive patients who have progressed to severe hypertension or who develop strokes, congestive heart failure, or end-stage renal disease in their 40s, 50s, and 60s as a result of their hypertension.² Although the incidence of congestive heart failure and end-stage renal disease has increased in the last 15 to 20 years, the types of patients reaching these outcomes are different than patients from years ago; they are considerably older . . . [Full Text of this Article]

HYPERTENSIVE AND DIABETIC PATIENT STATISTICS


THE NEW "AWARENESS" SURVEY

LIFESTYLE CHANGES AND BLOOD PRESSURE LOWERING

SURVEY SPECIFICS

ARE TREATMENT GUIDELINES BEING IMPLEMENTED?

CONCLUSIONS

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