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Orthostatic Hypotension: Lower BP Targets Not the Issue – MedPage Today
Systematic review even suggests benefit to more intensive management
Intensive hypertension management could not be blamed for orthostatic hypotension, a systematic review found.
Lower BP targets were actually associated with lower risk of these large drops in blood pressure (BP) than seen with a standard BP goal (OR 0.93, 95% CI 0.86-0.99), a group led by Stephen Juraschek, MD, PhD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, found across five randomized trials.
Specific BP medications tested in four placebo-controlled BP trials appeared to have no effe…
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