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Recommendations on screening for high blood pressure in Canadian adults

Patrice Lindsay, Sarah Connor Gorber, Michel Joffres, Richard Birtwhistle, Donald McKay and Lyne Cloutier
Canadian Family Physician September 2013; 59 (9) 927-933;
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  • Published on: (30 October 2013)
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    Very good read. I am new to Canada as a physician, having completed my Residency in Detroit, Michigan. It was a dedicated Teaching Program, with an emphasis on academia...and the one inexcusable mistake was to not take accurate VITALS with every visit. I can imagine because physicians are busy in private practice and some visits may not neccessarily warrant a physical exam, I think that at least the VITALS are mandat...

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  • Published on: (30 October 2013)
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    I am family doctor working in Thompson, Manitoba.

    I have noticed a high number of younger age population being diagnosed with high BP, but the problem is trying to get the younger age group to be compliant with their medication and treatment regime. This makes it difficult to manage in some cases.

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  • Published on: (2 October 2013)
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    I am a family physician in the UK.

    I feel many people with high BP go undiagnosed. Patient education is needed which in turn will help improve number of people diagnosed.

    These days super market medicine is taking over but regular follow up of BP control and drug side effect is very important as we see the downside of management when people are not followed up regularly.

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  • Published on: (26 September 2013)
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    This is a topic that in my 46 years of practice has been full of great potential for remarkable prevention. There are many adults who belong to several organizations, all of whom take their blood pressure and nothing ever gets done that we know of. Lets take a "corporate man" who gets his done at work, belongs to army reserve, gets insurance medicals, checks his BP at Wal-Mart, but goes mainly to walk-in clinics due to b...

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Canadian Family Physician Sep 2013, 59 (9) 927-933;
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