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Dr. Günther Egidi
Family physician
Responsible for medical education
German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (DEGAM)
Huchtinger Heerstr. 24
D 28259 Bremen
Phone: 0047 - 421 - 9888280
Fax: 0047 - 421 - 98882828
Germany
[email protected]Prof. Guido Schmiemann
Family physician
Responsible for quality improvement
German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (DEGAM)
Georgstr. 9
D 27283 Verden
Phone: 0047 - 4231 - 928888
Fax: 0047 - 4231 - 9288890
Germany
[email protected]Klaus Gebhardt, Family Physician, Neuwieder Str. 13
D 28325 Bremen
Phone: 0047 - 421 - 429213
Fax: 0047 - 421 - 406487
Germany
[email protected]Recommendations for screening crucially depend on the diagnostic and therapeutic setting. We do not agree with the authors' statement aldosteronism being "a relatively common cause of resistant hypertension worldwide". The same as with the recommendation to test all patients with uncontrolled hypertension despite of the use of three BP lowering drugs. Three studies of unselected/primary care hypertension were included in the authors’ review. Two of them were about an outpatient clinic of a hospital[1] and of a hypertensio...
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