Open AccessA study on prescribing patterns of antihypertensives in geriatric patients
Author(s) -
Arshad Hussain Mohd,
Uday Venkat Mateti,
Venkateswarlu Konuru,
Mihir Parmar,
Buchi R Kunduru
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
perspectives in clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2229-5488
pISSN - 2229-3485
DOI - 10.4103/2229-3485.103595
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine
Hypertension is a leading contributor to the global burden of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The main objective of the present study was to assess the prescribing patterns for antihypertensives in geriatric patients.