• English
  • Français
  • Español
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Therapeutics Initiative

Independent Healthcare Evidence

  • TI
  • About Us
    • Oversight Committee
    • Steering Committee
    • Working Groups
      • Drug Assessment
      • Education
      • PharmacoEpidemiology
      • Cochrane Hypertension
    • Members
    • TI Surveys
    • Questions & Answers
  • Therapeutics Letter
  • Our Evidence Reviews
  • Portrait
  • Continuing Education
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe
Home > Archives for targets

Hitting the target but missing the point: The case against LDL and A1C targets

May 6, 2020 Education, Podcasts & Videos Leave a Comment

Share

Dr. Aaron Tejani, PharmD gave this presentation on October 5th, 2019 in Vancouver, BC at the "Bringing Best Evidence to Clinicians" medical education conference marking the 25th anniversary of the UBC Therapeutics Initiative. Dr. Tejani is a clinical assistant professor with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (University of British Columbia), Medication use evaluation pharmacist with Lower … [Read more...]

Does SPRINT change our approach to blood pressure targets?

[98] Does SPRINT change our approach to blood pressure targets?

April 7, 2016 Therapeutics Letter 3 Comments

Download
Share

Therapeutics Letter #821 summarized evidence from the Cochrane systematic review, Treatment blood pressure targets for hypertension.2 The Cochrane review was based on the 7 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) designed to test treatment targets that were available as of October 2008. The conclusion was that “Treating patients to lower than standard blood pressure (BP) targets (≤ 140-160/90-100 … [Read more...]

  • About Us
    • Oversight Committee
    • Questions & Answers
    • Steering Committee
    • Working Groups
      • Drug Assessment
      • Education
      • PharmacoEpidemiology
      • Cochrane Hypertension
    • Members
    • TI Surveys
  • Portrait
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Portrait Contact
  • Therapeutics Letter
  • Our Evidence Reviews
  • Get Involved
  • Continuing Education
    • Best Evidence
  • Contact Us
  • Terms & Policies
    • Legal Information & Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Acceptable Use Policy

Categories

  • News (123)
  • Therapeutics Letter (133)
  • Portrait (1)
  • Drug Assessments (39)
  • PharmacoEpidemiology (75)
  • Podcasts & Videos (56)

Recent Seminars

[Apr 14] Therapeutics Initiative Best Evidence Webinar: Optimising Outcomes in Persons with Carotid Stenosis: Where are we up to in April 2021?

Register
Share

[Apr 28] TI Methods Speaker Series: The PRISMA 2020 Statement

Register
Share

Methods Speaker Series 2021

Share

Therapeutics Initiative

Our mission is to provide physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, allied health professionals, and the public with up-to-date, independent, evidence-based, practical information on healthcare interventions. Read more Donate

Contact

2176 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
Contact us
Office: +1 604-822-0700
Fax: +1 604-822-0701

UBC logoISDB logo

Subscribe

Subscribe to receive email notifications from the TI about the Therapeutics Letter, upcoming educational events, personal prescribing portraits and other news and recent publications. SUBSCRIBE

© 1994 - 2021 Therapeutics Initiative · Terms & Policies · TM