March 2018: Do hypertension guidelines put the person first?




DTB podcast show

Summary: In this month’s podcast, James Cave (DTB Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (DTB Deputy Editor) discuss some of the difficulties in implementing clinical guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure and the potential impact of changes in the threshold for a diagnosis of hypertension (http://dtb.bmj.com/content/56/3/25). The editors also review the evidence for dupliumab for the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis in adults (http://dtb.bmj.com/content/56/3/30) and discuss drug names (http://dtb.bmj.com/content/56/3/33). <p>Read the full March 2018 issue here: http://dtb.bmj.com/content/56/3.</p>