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https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/38816| Title: | Blood pressure-lowering therapy post stroke should be commenced before discharge from hospital: Contra. | Authors: | Phan T. | Institution: | (Phan) School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Department of Medicine, Monash University and Stroke Unit, Monash Health, VIC, Australia | Issue Date: | 28-Feb-2017 | Copyright year: | 2017 | Publisher: | SAGE Publications Inc. (E-mail: claims@sagepub.com) | Place of publication: | United Kingdom | Publication information: | International Journal of Stroke. 12 (2) (pp 119-120), 2017. Date of Publication: 2017. | Journal: | International Journal of Stroke | Abstract: | The discussion presented here is a summary of the debate given at the combined Stroke Society of Australasia and Smart Strokes meeting in 2015. In summary, the evidence for blood pressure lowering at discharge has been extrapolated from clinical trial performed in the latter phase of stroke. Evidence of harm from early commencing blood pressure therapy was provided. The debate ended with emphasis on personalized medicine and proposal for other avenues to improve the use of secondary stroke prevention strategies.Copyright © 2016, © 2016 World Stroke Organization. | DOI: | http://monash.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1747493016674957 | PubMed URL: | 27733652 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=27733652] | ISSN: | 1747-4930 | URI: | https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/38816 | Type: | Article | Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Observational study (cohort, case-control, cross sectional or survey) |
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