Antihypertensive Agents - Therapeutic use
Research News and Information

Saturday, November 21, 2009

The potency of team-based care interventions for hypertension: a meta-analysis.

24 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Team-based care is the strategy that has had the greatest effect on improving blood pressure (BP). The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the potency of interventions for BP involving nurses or pharmacists. METHODS: A ... Read more...

Strict blood-pressure control and progression of renal failure in children.

20 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Although inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system delays the progression of renal failure in adults with chronic kidney disease, the blood-pressure target for optimal renal protection is controversial. We assessed the long-term ... Read more...

[Acute renal failure associated with malignant hypertension]

19 Oct 2009 HISTORY AND CLINICAL FINDINGS: A 37-year-old woman was referred to the interdisciplinary emergency room with a high blood pressure and headaches. She complained about nausea and vomiting. She has been treated for hypertension for approximately 9 ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Antihypertensive Agents - Therapeutic use'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Asymptomatic spinal cord involvement in posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. Nov 2009
• ALLHAT findings revisited in the context of subsequent analyses, other trials, and meta-analyses. 24 Oct 2009
• The potency of team-based care interventions for hypertension: a meta-analysis. 24 Oct 2009
• Blood-pressure control and delay in progression of kidney disease in children. 20 Oct 2009
• Strict blood-pressure control and progression of renal failure in children. 20 Oct 2009
• [Acute renal failure associated with malignant hypertension] 19 Oct 2009
• The editor's roundtable: prehypertension. 13 Oct 2009
• Mitral E wave deceleration time to peak E velocity ratio and cardiovascular outcome in hypertensive patients during antihypertensive treatment (from the LIFE echo-substudy). 13 Oct 2009
• Trends in medication use among US adults with diabetes mellitus: glycemic control at the expense of controlling cardiovascular risk factors. 10 Oct 2009
• Adherence to antihypertensive medications and cardiovascular morbidity among newly diagnosed hypertensive patients. 3 Oct 2009
• Impact of nonadherence to antihypertensive therapy. 3 Oct 2009
• Clinical experience in treating hypertension with fixed-dose combination therapy: angiotensin II receptor blocker losartan plus hydrochlorothiazide. 29 Sep 2009
• Blood pressure as a prognostic factor after acute stroke. 29 Sep 2009
• Prevention and management of stroke in very elderly patients. 29 Sep 2009
• Magnesium: an emerging drug in anaesthesia. 29 Sep 2009
• Hypertension in pregnancy and women of childbearing age. 29 Sep 2009
• Recovery of corneal hysteresis after reduction of intraocular pressure in chronic primary angle-closure glaucoma. 29 Sep 2009
• Cerebrospinal fluid pressure may play a role in reversal of cupping after glaucoma surgery. 29 Sep 2009
• Impact of coronary computed tomographic angiography findings on the medical treatment and control of coronary artery disease and its risk factors. 29 Sep 2009
• Drug prevention of hypertension. Contradicting Cochrane. 27 Sep 2009

See a longer list of these articles.

Technical information about 'Antihypertensive Agents'

Definition: Drugs used in the treatment of acute or chronic vascular HYPERTENSION regardless of pharmacological mechanism. Among the antihypertensive agents are DIURETICS; (especially DIURETICS, THIAZIDE); ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; and VASODILATOR AGENTS.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D000959

Alternative terms: Antihypertensive Agents; Agents, Antihypertensive; Antihypertensives; Anti-Hypertensives; Anti Hypertensives; Antihypertensive Drugs; Drugs, Antihypertensive; Anti-Hypertensive Agents; Agents, Anti-Hypertensive; Anti Hypertensive Agents; Anti-Hypertensive Drugs; Anti Hypertensive Drugs; Drugs, Anti-Hypertensive;

Related Mesh Headings: Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; Diuretics; Ganglionic Blockers; Vasodilator Agents;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;

Tree Number: D27.505.954.411.162;

Technical Notes: not for ocular hypertension