Open AccessChronotherapy: a smart approach for refractory hypertension
Author(s) -
Salvador Pertusa,
Domingo Orozco-Beltrán
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.04.2009.1752
Subject(s) - chronotherapy (sleep phase) , medicine , refractory (planetary science) , blood pressure , intensive care medicine , resistant hypertension , clinical practice , physical therapy , physics , astrobiology
Patients with resistant hypertension are at greater risk for cardiovascular complications. Spreading out medication for the treatment of hypertension is a well known and widely used practice. Chronotherapy, the optimisation of schedules for administering drugs, constitutes a new option in optimising blood pressure control and reducing risk.