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Updated Review

An important systematic review has been substantively updated and published by the Cochrane Hypertension Group in issue 4/2009 of The Cochrane Library:

• Pharmacotherapy for hypertension in the elderly [Podcast]

New reviews

Seven new reviews are published by the Cochrane Hypertension Group in issue 4/2009 of The Cochrane Library:

• Blood pressure lowering efficacy of diuretics as second-line therapy for primary hypertension [Podcast]
• Blood pressure lowering efficacy of alpha blockers for primary hypertension
• Blood pressure lowering efficacy of coenzyme Q10 for primary hypertension
• Blood pressure lowering efficacy of loop diuretics for primary hypertension
• Blood pressure lowering efficacy of reserpine for primary hypertension
• Methyldopa for primary hypertension
• Effect of early treatment with anti-hypertensive drugs on short and long-term mortality in patients with an acute cardiovascular event

New protocols

Seven new protocols are published by the Cochrane Hypertension Group in issue 4/2009 of The Cochrane Library:

• Fermented milk for hypertension
• Tianma Gouteng Yin Formula for treating primary hypertension
• Pharmacological interventions for essential hypertension in children
• Spironolactone for hypertension
• Bloodpressure lowering efficacy of potassium-sparing diuretics (that blockthe epithelial sodium channel) for primary hypertension
• First-line diuretics versus other classes of antihypertensive drugs for hypertension
• First-line drugs inhibiting the renin angiotensin system versus other first-line antihypertensive drug classes for hypertension

   

 

 

 

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