Monday, August 18, 2014

Sickest Reap Greatest Gain From BP Treatment

Have these doctors considered the overall health of these patients?  Don't listen to me I'm obviously stroke addled to even consider questioning the medical gods.
Are Blood Pressure Drugs Worth the Falls?

Low blood pressure and dementia in elderly people: the Kungsholmen project

Claudia Kawas: If you have high blood pressure, it looks like your risk of dementia is lower.

And for you stroke survivors, does your doctor know about any of these?
1. Detrimental effect of blood pressure reduction in the first 24 hours of acute stroke onset
 2. Early Intensive Blood-Pressure Lowering Improves Recovery in Patients With Acute Intracerebral Haemorrhage
 3.  Systolic Blood Pressure During Acute Stroke Is Associated With Functional Status and Long-term Mortality in the Elderly
 4. External Counterpulsation Augments Blood Pressure and Cerebral Flow Velocities in Ischemic Stroke Patients With Cerebral Intracranial Large Artery Occlusive Disease


 Sickest Reap Greatest Gain From BP Treatment

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