BMJ · 1966 · 93 citations · 4 references
MedicineNeurologyPharmacotherapyHemodynamic ManagementNeurocritical CarePathophysiologyAcute Ischemic StrokeBlood Pressure ControlBlood Pressure ManagementCerebrovascular DiseaseHypertension ControlStrokeBlood PressureLife Expectancy ConsiderationStroke PhysiologySystolic Blood Pressure
These inquiries suggest that if treatment to influence blood- pressure is necessary at all after cerebral infarction the measures most likely to do good are those that maintain or raise blood-pressure rather than those that lower it, and the patients who most need treatment are the old people with disproportionately low pressures who suffer from symptoms of postural hypotension.
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