Intensification of older adults' outpatient blood pressure treatment at hospital discharge: national retrospective cohort study.
Timothy S AndersonCharlie M WrayBocheng JingKathy FungSarah NgoEdison XuYing ShiMichael A SteinmanPublished in: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) (2018)
One in seven older adults admitted to hospital for common non-cardiac conditions were discharged with intensified antihypertensive treatment. More than half of intensifications occurred in patients with previously well controlled outpatient blood pressure. More attention is needed to reduce potentially harmful overtreatment of blood pressure as older adults transition from hospital to home.