Welcome to ‘Blood Pressure Updates for GPs’. The goal is to provide short, snappy updates relating to recent key reports about blood pressure. For each of the three papers selected we have compiled a brief summary of the content and commissioned a short independent commentary from an expert in the field. We hope you will find these useful in your day-to-day practice.
Editor 2011-13: Associate Professor Ann Goodchild, Macquarie University
Issue 9: November 2011
- Chronic use of NSAIDs increases the risk of death in patients with high blood pressure and coronary artery disease
- Lack of slow wave sleep increases the risk of developing high blood pressure in elderly men
- Ambulatory monitoring can reduce misdiagnosis of high blood pressure and save money
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Issue 8: August 2011
- Bedtime dosing of amlodipine and a diuretic improves blood pressure control
- Patients with high blood pressure need time to accept the diagnosis and the need for treatment
- Lowering blood pressure has benefits in patients without high blood pressure who have cardiovascular disease
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Issue 7: May 2011
- Younger men and older women have lower rates of blood pressure control
- Lowering systolic blood pressure in the very elderly reduces strokes
- Resistant high blood pressure is more common in men and patients with high cardiovascular risk
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Issue 6: December 2009
- Lower systolic blood pressure goal in non-diabetic patients achieves greater cardioprotection with comment from Dr Fiona Turnbull
- Triple therapy is more effective than dual therapy in controlling high blood pressure with comment from Professor Neil Poulter
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Issue 5: September 2009
- Heart disease is undertreated in patients with high blood pressure with comment from Dr Jonathan Shaw
- Switching patients to a single combined blood pressure lowering medication can save money with comment from Dr Anthony Rodgers
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Issue 4: April 2009
- GPs reluctant to start blood pressure lowering treatment in the elderly with comment from Dr David Peiris
- Blood pressure lowering is beneficial in very elderly patients with comment from Professor Richard Lindley
- Integrating depression and high blood pressure treatments improves both conditions with comment from Professor Brian Oldenburg
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Issue 3: November 2008
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Low-fat dairy products may protect against high blood pressure with comment from Professor Caryl Nowson
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Diuretic therapy not harmful in older adults with metabolic syndrome with comment from Professor Mark Cooper
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Relaxation therapies may help with lowering high blood pressure with comment from Dr Nicholas Glozier
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Issue 2: April 2008
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Cardiovascular risk in women with high normal blood pressure with comment from Professor Andrew Tonkin
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Effect of pay-for-performance on management of high blood pressure with comment from Associate Professor Stephen Jan
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Rapid postnatal growth predisposes to high blood pressure in early childhood with comment from Associate Professor Rachel Huxley
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Issue 1: December 2007
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More evidence that sodium reduction prevents cardiovascular disease, with comment from Professor Lawrie Beilin
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An integrated approach to management of cardiovascular risk is essential for remote Aboriginal communities, with comment from Professor Ian Puddey
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Calcium supplements ineffective for control of blood pressure in pregnancy, with comment from Professor Trefor Morgan
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