Revised guidelines for cardiovascular risk management — time to stop medication? A practice-based intervention study

British Journal of General Practice

Huug J van Duijn¹  Willem JJ Assendelft¹  Janneke N Belo¹  Jeanet W Blom¹  Irvine D Velberg¹ 

[1] Health Cooperative Katwijk langs de Rijn, Katwijk, and Department of General Practice, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

关键词: general practice;    guidelines;    hypercholesterolaemia;    hypertension;    primary prevention;    primary care;   

DOI  :  10.3399/bjgp11X578025

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Royal College of General Practitioners

【 摘 要 】

According to the new Dutch guideline for cardiovascular risk management, patients with a low risk of cardiovascular mortality may have insufficient benefit to warrant medication. Therefore, numerous patients per general practice may be treated unnecessarily.

【 授权许可】

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