John is an 86-year-old with a MI history of 3 years ago His blood pressure has been stable at 135 /80 for the pasted 4 years He is taking the following medications amlodipine 5 mg qd, ibersartan 300 mg qd, hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg qd, atenolol l 5 mg qd orally and is compliant. He comes to the office has the same blood pressure, labs are normal, and EKG shows old infarction. DESIGN A TREATMENT PLAN with rationales What is your plan of action currently?
Ans) Try the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, which emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, poultry, fish and low-fat dairy foods.
Green leafy: Plenty of potassium, which can help prevent and control high blood pressure.
Eat less saturated fat and trans fat.
Decrease the salt in diet.
- Hypertension is diagnosed by BP monitoring.
- BP Unresponsive to volume management strategies.
- Individualized pharmacological management of BP:
ACEs or ARBs.
Dihydropiridine CCBs
Beta blockers
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