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Diuretics for hypertension – an inconsistency in primary care prescribing behaviour

Thomas Kuehlein University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gunter Laux University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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Andreas Gutscher University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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Katja Goetz University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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Joachim Szecsenyi University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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Stephen Campbell University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg, Germany; National Primary Care Research & Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Jost Steinhaeuser University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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Pages 497-502 | Accepted 10 Dec 2010, Published online: 06 Jan 2011

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Lei Hou, Xiaorong Chen, Bo Chen, Longjian Liu, Xiaohui Sun, Yuewei Zou, Hongjian Liu, Hui Guo, Jian Zhang & Jixiang Ma. (2018) Pharmacological therapy and blood pressure control in primary health care sites in China: data from 254,848 hypertensive patients. Clinical Epidemiology 10, pages 1467-1478.
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Maximilian König, Maik Gollasch, Adrian Rosada, Ilja Demuth, Dominik Spira & Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen. (2018) Antihypertensive Treatment Patterns and Blood Pressure Control in Older Adults: Results from the Berlin Aging Study II. Drugs & Aging 35:11, pages 993-1003.
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George C. Roush, Michael E. Ernst, John B. Kostis, Ramandeep Kaur & Domenic A. Sica. (2015) Not Just Chlorthalidone: Evidence-Based, Single Tablet, Diuretic Alternatives to Hydrochlorothiazide for Hypertension. Current Hypertension Reports 17:4.
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George C. Roush, Ramdeep Kaur & Michael E. Ernst. (2013) Diuretics. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics 19:1, pages 5-13.
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Christian M Rochefort, Julia Morlec & Robyn M Tamblyn. (2012) What differentiates primary care physicians who predominantly prescribe diuretics for treating mild to moderate hypertension from those who do not? A comparative qualitative study. BMC Family Practice 13:1.
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Henrik Lamers, Stefanie Joos, Katja Goetz, Katja Hermann, Joachim Szecsenyi & Thomas Kühlein. (2012) Diuretics for Hypertension—Reasons for a Contradiction in Primary Care Prescribing Behavior: A Qualitative Study. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension 14:10, pages 680-685.
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George C. RoushTheodore R. HolfordAchuta K. Guddati. (2012) Chlorthalidone Compared With Hydrochlorothiazide in Reducing Cardiovascular Events. Hypertension 59:6, pages 1110-1117.
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