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Barriers to and strategies for effective blood pressure controlDavid Siegel
Medical Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System, Mather, CA 95655, USA
Vasc Health Risk Manag 1:9-14. 2005..A challenge for the future will be to identify and broadly apply these and other programs to improve the quality and efficiency of hypertensive treatment...
Changes in the phamacologic treatment of hypertension in the Department of Veterans Affairs 1997-1999: decreased use of calcium antagonists and increased use of beta-blockers and thiazide diureticsD Siegel
Medical Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System, Mather 95655, USA
Am J Hypertens 14:957-62. 2001..These changes were consistent with improved compliance with VA national guidelines. The cost implications of these changes in practice patterns were considerable...- Antihypertensive medication adherence in the Department of Veterans AffairsDavid Siegel
Medical Service, VA Northern California Health Care System, Martinez, Calif, USA
Am J Med 120:26-32. 2007..The control of hypertension is dependent on medication adherence and may vary on the basis of antihypertensive medication class and other factors... - Academic detailing to improve antihypertensive prescribing patternsDavid Siegel
Medical Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System, Mather, California 95655, USA
Am J Hypertens 16:508-11. 2003..001 for change from baseline). Prescribing patterns after academic detailing more closely followed national recommendations... - The influence of national guidelines on antihypertensive prescribing patternsD Siegel
Medical Service III, Department of Veterans Affairs NCHCS, 10535 Hospital Way, Mather, CA 95655, USA
Curr Hypertens Rep 2:247-52. 2000..The reasons for the lack of influence of JNC V recommendations on antihypertensive prescribing patterns must be explored and alternative ways of educating health care providers implemented... - Trends in antihypertensive drug use in the United States: do the JNC V recommendations affect prescribing? Fifth Joint National Commission on the Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood PressureD Siegel
Medical Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System, Martinez 94553, USA
JAMA 278:1745-8. 1997..The choice of pharmacological treatment for the approximately 50 million people in the United States with hypertension has important therapeutic and financial implications... - Pharmacologic treatment of hypertension in the Department of Veterans Affairs during 1995 and 1996D Siegel
Medical Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System, Martinez 94553, USA
Am J Hypertens 11:1271-8. 1998..The cost implications of these practice patterns as compared with the primary use of diuretics and beta-blockers are enormous... - Antihypertensive medication use in the Department of Veterans Affairs: a national analysis of prescribing patterns from 2000 to 2002Julio Lopez
Pharmacy Service, Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System, Martinez, California, USA
Am J Hypertens 17:1095-9. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: As a proportion of antihypertensive agent use, CA continues to fall in the VA, whereas BB, TD, and ARB use have increased. However, TD use remains low, despite national guidelines that promote use of this class of agent... 
The effect of body mass index on fasting blood glucose after initiation of thiazide therapy in hypertensive patientsDavid Siegel
Medical Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System, Mather, California, USA
Am J Hypertens 21:438-42. 2008..We therefore examined the association between body mass index (BMI) (kg/m(2)) and fasting blood glucose (FBG) in subjects in whom thiazide antihypertensive therapy had been initiated...- Computer confirmation of improved blood pressure control in diabetic patientsArthur Swislocki
Medical Services, VA Northern California Health Care System, Martinez, CA 94553, USA
Prev Cardiol 12:149-54. 2009.... - Hypertensive treatment in patients with metabolic syndromeDavid Siegel
Medical Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System, Mather, California 95655, USA
Metab Syndr Relat Disord 8:95-104. 2010..In this setting, it is important to understand the effects of antihypertensives on parameters of the metabolic syndrome in addition to glucose metabolism. Here the authors review pertinent clinical studies... - Reduction in self-monitoring of blood glucose in persons with type 2 diabetes results in cost savings and no change in glycemic controlJoy L Meier
Pharmacy Services, VA Northern California Health Care System, Martinez 94553, USA
Am J Manag Care 8:557-65. 2002..Average monthly cost savings were $8,800, or $6.37 per patient per month. CONCLUSIONS: This program decreased the frequency of SMBG in persons with type 2 diabetes, resulting in substantial cost savings without affecting glucose control... - The effect of body mass index on fasting blood glucose and development of diabetes mellitus after initiation of extended-release niacinArdelle Libby
Pharmacy Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System, Martinez, California 95655, USA
Metab Syndr Relat Disord 8:79-84. 2010..We evaluated the effect of extended-release niacin initiation on fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and the development of new-onset diabetes mellitus (DM) in relation to body mass index (kg/m(2)) in nondiabetic patients... - Renal effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors that result in cost savings and improved patient outcomesA L Swislocki
Medical Service 111, Department of Veterans Affairs NCHCS, 150 Muir Road, Martinez, CA 94553, USA
Am J Manag Care 7:283-95. 2001..Many questions remain about the categories of patients that benefit from ACE inhibitor use... - Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation improves fasting and postprandial lipid profiles in hypertriglyceridemic menDarshan S Kelley
Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, University of California Davis, CA 95616 8683, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 86:324-33. 2007..The effects of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on the mean size and concentrations of VLDL, LDL, and HDL subclasses have not been previously studied...