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FDA Approves Polypill Widaplik for Hypertension

Physician's Weekly

Food and Drug Administration has approved Widaplik (telmisartan, amlodipine, and indapamide) for the treatment of hypertension in adults. “I am very excited and pleased to have Widaplik approved for the treatment of hypertension in the U.S. ” The approval of Widaplik was granted to George Medicines.

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Hypertensive Crisis with Dr. Travis Huffman

Louisville Lectures

Travis Huffman gives a quick overview of Hypertensive Crisis, Hypertensive Urgency vs. Hypertensive Emergency and management of both Markedly elevated BP and HTN Emergency/Crisis. Hypertension. 07.01.2018; 71:e13-e115 Evaluation and treatment of hypertensive emergencies in adults, William J. Whelton et al, 2017.

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Overall medication adherence as an indicator for health outcomes among elderly patients with hypertension and diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Methods The study included individuals aged 75 to 90 years, diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension, who were treated with at least one antihypertensive, or antidiabetic medication in 2017. We retrieved information on all ER visits and hospitalizations in internal medicine and surgical wards from 2017 to 2019 and mortality in 2019.

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Nephrology IM Board Review with Dr. Lederer

Louisville Lectures

Watch on YouTube Listen as a Podcast Watch more Internal Medicine Lectures ELEANOR LEDERER, M.D. Dr. Eleanor Lederer is the Interim Chair for the Department of Medicine at the University of Louisville. For more information, see our citation page. Disclaimers ©2015 LouisvilleLectures.org

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Must-See Louisville Lectures

Louisville Lectures

For more information, see our citation page. Here are five Louisville Lectures we think you’ll love! CHRIS MIGLIORE IMLS Home Visit Little Lectures Little EKG Lectures Some items in this lecture may have come from the lecturer’s personal academic files or have been cited in-line or at the end of the lecture.

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Prevention of Dementia: Kristine Yaffe

GeriPal

Should do medicine?” ” Because I loved internal medicine. A lot of these are more vascular risk factors: hypertension, certainly; diabetes; obesity. Eric: Going to some specifics, let’s go into vascular risk factors like hypertension. Should I do neuro? But something with behavior.

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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

Thats my main take-home point after learning from our three guests today when talking about trauma-informed care, an approach that highlights key principles including safety, trustworthiness, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural sensitivity. Eric 00:15 And we have three guests to help us talk about trauma informed care.

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