JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 6 , Page 406 , July 2006

Reply to Letter to the Editor from Dr Cheng entitled “Barriers for Underuse of Antihypertensive Drug Therapy for Nursing Home Residents With Hypertension”

References 

  1. Cheng HY . Barriers for underuse of antihypertensive drug therapy for nursing home residents with hypertension . J Am Med Dir Assoc . 2006;7:405–406
  2. Gueyffier F , Bulpitt C , Boissel J-P , et al.   Antihypertensive drugs in very old people (A subgroup meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials) . Lancet . 1999;353:793–796
  3. Bulpitt CJ , Beckett NS , Cooke J , et al.   Results of the pilot study for the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial . J Hyperten . 2003;21:2409–2417
  4. Aronow WS . Managing hyperlipidaemia in the elderly. Special considerations for a population at high risk . Drugs Aging . 2006;23:181–189

PII: S1525-8610(06)00252-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.04.009

JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 6 , Page 406 , July 2006