Hypertension management is challenging in frail older adults. The balance between
treatment risks and benefits may be difficult to achieve due to an increased vulnerability to …

Frailty is a geriatric condition associated with increased vulnerability to adverse drug events
and medication-related harm. Existing clinical practice guidelines rarely provide medication …

Since the prevalence of heart failure (HF) increases with age, HF is now one of the most
common reasons for the hospitalization of elderly people. Although the treatment strategies …

Background To date, research on adverse drug reactions (ADRs) has focused on secondary
care, and there is a paucity of studies that have prospectively examined ADRs affecting …

A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted to analyse the drugs prescribed to the
elderly population with noncommunicable diseases and to determine the polypharmacy at a …

• Postural hypotension is a drop in blood pressure (≥ 20 mm Hg systolic and/or≥ 10 mm Hg
diastolic) that occurs within 3 minutes of standing• Test for it in people who have symptoms …

Biochemical drug screening by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in plasma
is an accurate method for the quantification of plasma concentrations of antihypertensive …

Objective The objective of this study was to determine the difference in tolerance for sodium
glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors between patients with heart failure classified as frail …

Antihypertensive drugs do not qualify as optimal candidates for therapeutic drug monitoring
(TDM), given their obvious physiological effect, the absence of a clear relationship between …

Adequate controlled blood pressure decreases the risk of cardiovascular events. However,
the elderly are more vulnerable and thereby more prone to side effects of antihypertensive …