Question 195 · LEK · Treatment
The initiation of treatment to manage arterial hypertension with a single hypotensive agent (monotherapy) is justified in the case of:
- A. elderly patients with the frailty syndrome.
- B. patients with stage 2. hypertension and intermediate overall cardiovascular risk.
- C. patients with stage 1. hypertension, regardless of the overall cardiovascular risk.
- D. answers A, C are correct.
- E. answers A, B, C are correct.
Hint
Current guidelines start most patients on two drugs; ask in which groups a single drug is still an acceptable start.
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