Clinical characteristics analysis on 180 cases of hypertension in elderly
WANG Min-chen
YANG Xiao-qing
Abstract：Objective To explore the clinical characteristics and treatment of hypertension in the elderly . Methods From June 2011 to December 2012 , 180 elderly inpatients with essential hypertension were randomly se-lected as observation group , 100 young and middle-aged patients with high blood pressure at the same period were randomly selected as control group , and the clinical characteristics were compared between two groups .Results There were statistically significant differences in the clinical manifestations , metabolic disorder of sugar and lipid , pulse pressure , blood pressure fluctuations , blood pressure circadian rhythm , accompanying disease and complica-tions, orthostatic hypotension , and antihypertensive drugs between two groups ( P<0.01 ) .Conclusion The hyper-tension in the elderly has following characteristics such as: higher systolic blood pressure , increases of pulse pres-sure, larger blood pressure fluctuations , easy to appear orthostatic hypotension , disappear of blood pressure circadian rhythm, more accompanying diseases , more complications and so on , and the treatment plan should be made accord-ing to elderly pathophysiologic characteristics and individual differences .
Keywords：HypertensionThe elderlyClinical diagnosis and treatment
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 846-849 )