Hypertension Treatment in US Long-Term Nursing Home Residents With and Without Dementia.
Kenneth S BoockvarWei SongSei LeeOrna IntratorPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2019)
Long-term NH residents with hypertension do not experience significant benefits from more intensive antihypertensive treatment. Antihypertensive medications are reasonable targets for deintensification in residents in whom this is consistent with goals of care. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:2058-2064, 2019.