Terry McCormack - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com Supporting healthcare professionals to deliver the best patient care Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:10:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/android-chrome-384x384-1-100x100.png Terry McCormack - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com 32 32 Hypertension in the older patient https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/gm/hypertension-in-the-older-patient/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hypertension-in-the-older-patient Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pavilionhealthtoday.com/uncategorized/hypertension-in-the-older-patient/ In the UK, hypertension affects around 20% of the adult population and is particularly prevalent in the elderly population. With new clinical guidance from NICE due to be published this year, this article looks at the landmark HYVET trial that found that the use of antihypertensive treatment in people over 80 years of age reduced mortality for all causes by 21%

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