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Pharmacist intervention program to enhance hypertension control: a randomised c...
Morgado, Manuel; Rolo, Sandra; Castelo-Branco, MiguelObjective Studies have demonstrated that hypertension remains inadequately managed throughout the world, with lack of adherence to BP-lowering medication being a major factor. The aim of the present study was to evaluate if a pharmaceutical care program could improve antihypertensive medication adherence and blood pressure control. Setting This study was conducted in a secondary care hypertension/dyslipidemia o...
Association of statin therapy with blood pressure control in hypertensive hype...
Morgado, Manuel; Rolo, Sandra; Macedo, Ana Filipa; Castelo-Branco, MiguelBackground: Some clinical evidence revealed that statins, apart from lowering cholesterol levels, also have an antihypertensive effect. Our aim was to evaluate the existence of a possible association of statin therapy with blood pressure (BP) control in clinical practice. Materials and Methods: Patients attending a hypertension/ dyslipidemia clinic were prospectively evaluated. Those patients with a diagno...
Predictors of uncontrolled hypertension and antihypertensive medication nonadhe...
Morgado, Manuel; Rolo, Sandra; Macedo, Ana Filipa; Pereira, Luísa; Castelo-Branco, Miguelhttp://www.jcdronline.com/text.asp?2010/1/4/196/74263 ; Background: Although hypertension is, in most cases, a controllable major risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease, studies have demonstrated that hypertension remains poorly controlled in Portugal. Our aim was to evaluate the covariates associated with poor blood pressure (BP) control in a Portuguese hypertensive population. Patients a...
Blood pressure control and antihypertensive pharmacotherapy patterns in a hyper...
Morgado, Manuel; Rolo, Sandra; Pereira, Luísa; Castelo-Branco, Miguelhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21192829 ; BACKGROUND: Interventions to improve blood pressure control in hypertension have had limited success in clinical practice despite evidence of cardiovascular disease prevention in randomised controlled trials. The objectives of this study were to evaluate blood pressure control and antihypertensive pharmacotherapy patterns in a population of Eastern Central Region o...
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