Prevalence, awareness, and treatment of isolated diastolic hypertension: insights from the China PEACE million persons project

S Mahajan, D Zhang, S He, Y Lu, A Gupta… - Journal of the …, 2019‏ - ahajournals.org
Background Characterizing and assessing the prevalence, awareness, and treatment
patterns of patients with isolated diastolic hypertension (IDH) can generate new knowledge …

Assessment of lung cancer risk among smokers for whom annual screening is not recommended

C Faselis, JA Nations, CJ Morgan, J Antevil… - JAMA …, 2022‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance The US Preventive Services Task Force does not recommend annual lung
cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) for adults aged 50 to 80 …

Risk factors for dexmedetomidine-associated hemodynamic instability in noncardiac intensive care unit patients

CJ Ice, HA Personett, EN Frazee… - Anesthesia & …, 2016‏ - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: The reported incidence of hypotension and bradycardia in patients
receiving dexmedetomidine for sedation commonly exceeds 50%. In this study, we describe …

Calcium channel blockers and outcomes in older patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction

K Patel, GC Fonarow, M Ahmed, C Morgan… - Circulation: Heart …, 2014‏ - ahajournals.org
Background—Little is known about associations of calcium channel blockers (CCBs) with
outcomes in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (EF). Methods and …

Systolic–diastolic hypertension versus isolated systolic hypertension and incident heart failure in older adults: Insights from the Cardiovascular Health Study

A Tsimploulis, HM Sheriff, PH Lam, DJ Dooley… - International journal of …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Background Isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) is common in older adults and is a risk
factor for incident heart failure (HF). We examined the association of systolic–diastolic …

The influence of modifiable, postoperative patient variables on the length of stay after total hip arthroplasty

KX Farley, AT Anastasio, A Premkumar… - The Journal of …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Background Many studies have examined strategies to reduce length of stay (LOS) after
total hip arthroplasty (THA), but few have focused on modifiable patient-specific information …

Treatment of systemic hypertension

WS Aronow - American journal of cardiovascular disease, 2012‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Systemic hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is present in
69% of patients with a first myocardial infarction, in 77% of patients with a first stroke, in 74 …

Hypotension and a positive fluid balance are associated with delirium in patients with shock

DN Nguyen, L Huyghens, J Parra, J Schiettecatte… - PloS one, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
The pathogenesis of delirium in critically ill patients is multifactorial. How hypotension and
hypoxemia affect brain function and whether they can promote delirium remains unclear. A …

Association between pulse pressure, systolic blood pressure and the risk of rapid decline of kidney function among general population without hypertension: results …

H Wang, Q Meng, C Yang, Y Wang, G Kong… - Journal of Translational …, 2021‏ - Springer
Background Association between blood pressure (BP) and kidney function among the
middle and old aged general population without hypertension remains unclear. Methods …

Orthostatic hypotension and incident heart failure in community-dwelling older adults

K Alagiakrishnan, K Patel, RV Desai… - … Series A: Biomedical …, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
Objectives. To examine the association of orthostatic hypotension with incident heart failure
(HF) in older adults. Methods. Of the 5,273 community-dwelling adults aged 65 years and …