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Treatment of hypertension in Finnish general practice seems unsatisfactory despite evidence‐based guidelines

Juha Varis Department of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Heljä Savola Pulssi Medical Center and Department of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Risto Vesalainen Department of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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Ilkka Kantola Department of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Pages 62-67 | Received 01 Dec 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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Aapo Tahkola, Päivi Korhonen, Hannu Kautiainen, Teemu Niiranen & Pekka Mäntyselkä. (2020) Personalized text message and checklist support for initiation of antihypertensive medication: the cluster randomized, controlled check and support trial. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 38:2, pages 201-209.
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Juha Varis, Kaj Metsärinne, Veikko Koivisto, Leo Niskanen, Aila Rissanen, Antti Virkamäki, Tina Appelroth, Nora Pöntynen, Tuija Poussa & Ilkka Kantola. (2017) Improved control of blood pressure and albuminuria among patients with type-2 diabetes in Finnish open care. Blood Pressure 26:2, pages 67-73.
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Timo P. Hiltunen & Kimmo Kontula. (2012) Clinical and molecular approaches to individualize antihypertensive drug therapy. Annals of Medicine 44:sup1, pages S23-S29.
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Aapo Tahkola, Päivi Korhonen, Hannu Kautiainen, Teemu Niiranen & Pekka Mäntyselkä. (2018) Feasibility of a checklist in treating hypertension in primary care – base line results from a cluster-randomised controlled trial (check and support). BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 18:1.
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Juha P Varis & Ilkka M Kantola. (2014) Experience improves economical compliance of home blood pressure monitoring. Clinical Nephrology and Urology Science 1:1, pages 1.
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Endre Szigethy, Zoltán Jancsó, Csaba Móczár, István Ilyés, Eszter Kovács, László Róbert Kolozsvári & Imre Rurik. (2013) Primary care of patients with high cardiovascular riskErstversorgung von Patienten mit hohem kardiovaskulärem Risiko. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift 125:13-14, pages 371-380.
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Margaret Williamson, Magnolia Cardona-Morrell, Jeffrey D Elliott, James F Reeve, Nigel P Stocks, Jon Emery, Judith M Mackson & Jane M Gunn. (2012) Prescribing Data in General Practice Demonstration (PDGPD) project - a cluster randomised controlled trial of a quality improvement intervention to achieve better prescribing for chronic heart failure and hypertension. BMC Health Services Research 12:1.
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Juha VarisSampo KarjalainenKrista KorhonenMargus ViigimaaKristjan PortIlkka Kantola. (2009) Experiences of Telemedicine-Aided Hypertension Control in the Follow-Up of Finnish Hypertensive Patients. Telemedicine and e-Health 15:8, pages 764-769.
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