Publications by authors named "Marta Garcia-Alfaro"
Objective: To describe inappropriate prescribing (IP) in the polymedicated population over 64 years-old in primary care using the STOPP/START criteria.
Design: The study design was descriptive, cross-sectional and multicenter.
Location: Four urban primary care centers in Barcelona.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the impact of waiting 1 minute between blood pressure (BP) readings using validated automatic devices in hypertensive patients.
- Six BP readings were taken from 150 patients with both immediate and 1-minute waiting intervals to compare results.
- The findings indicate a high agreement between the two methods, suggesting that waiting or not waiting has little effect on BP measurements, making them interchangeable.