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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Translating research evidence into clinical practice: a reminder of important clinical lessons in management of resistant hypertension through a case study in general practice.

Timothy Yap, Jacquita S Affandi, Christopher M Reid, Dan Xu

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Timothy YapCurtin Medical School, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Jacquita S AffandiSchool of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Christopher M ReidSchool of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Dan XuDepartment of General Practice, Curtin University Bentley Campus, Perth, Western Australia, Australia daniel.xu@curtin.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6649-1111
Curtin University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A case of a 59-year-old man with resistant hypertension, despite 8 months of non-pharmacological and pharmacological management up to maximal doses of triple antihypertensive therapy. Review of the literature found a study that reported improved blood pressure control with bedtime dosing of antihypertensive treatment. Changing to bedtime dosage of antihypertensives resulted in significant improvement in blood pressure control to below target levels. This highlights the importance of the clinicians' awareness and implementation of research findings and hence delivery of best evidence-based care.

Indexed as

Antihypertensive AgentsDrug Administration ScheduleDrug ChronotherapyHypertensionBlood PressureBlood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryClinical Decision-MakingDrug Therapy, CombinationEvidence-Based PracticeFamily PracticeHumansMaleMiddle AgedAntihypertensive Agentscardiovascular medicinegeneral practice / family medicinehypertension

Identifiers

PMID32606122
PMCPMC7328755
OpenAlexW3039525798

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Registered trials

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