Special guest Scott Brimble reviews the thirteenth chapter on predicting and preempting disease. Scott adapts the lessons of David Sackett and has a skeptical angle on the chapter.
This week, we will discuss the ongoing saga of blood pressure targets in patients with hypertension. This time its ESPRIT (Effects of Intensive Systolic Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment in Reducing Risk of Vascular Events) making a case for case for intensive BP control in most hypertensive individuals, including those with a history of diabetes and stroke.