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Report shows unnecessary use of blood pressure medications
18/12/2022 12:27 PM | Click to read full article
Patients in hospital for non-heart related conditions may be unnecessarily receiving blood pressure medication that has no benefit and could instead be harmful in the short term, a new review released today has found. “The industry needs to review the criteria used by hospital medical emergency teams in relation to blood pressure elevations,” says Professor Mangoni.