At 15:08 06/12/2004, you wrote:
> > Once stabilized on drugs for hypertension, while we generally only give 3
> > months, there is a reasonable debate over review intervals in the range 3 -
> > 6 months AFAIK. There is no evident reason to make the duration of
> > prescription less than the review interval - and this is the key
> > generalizable point.
>
>Sadly all the research was done on 3 monthly review, so it is hard
>on purist EBM terms to say that 6 monthly is as good. Though
>that is what I have done for years ;-)
>
>
>David Jobson
David
Without looking up references I'm reasonably sure I've seen comparisons of
BP control at different FU intervals.
Are you including this in your comment: "Sadly all the research was done on
3 monthly review"?
Julian
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