#2: SPRINT trial and Hypertension

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Education, Health & Fitness, Higher Education, Science, Medicine

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🗓️ 1 March 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this interview, Matt speaks with Dr. Paul Williams about the SPRINT Trial of Intensive blood pressure control and how it is likely to change clinical practice. Tony and Stuart discuss their own take-home points from the trial. Discussion of ARBs you've never heard of and the holy grail of blood pressure cuffs ensues.

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0:00.0	Hey, did you guys look up this?
0:02.0	That's the blood pressure cuff that they use.
0:03.6	That thing is awesome looking.
0:05.1	Shhh.
0:13.6	Hello, and welcome to the Curbsiders, a podcast where we deconstruct topics in internal medicine,
0:19.2	providing you with the kind of practical knowledge that no one taught you in medical school or residency,
0:24.0	but probably should have.
0:25.6	I'm Dr. Matthew Wato, here with my co-hosts, Dr. Tony Sideri, and Dr. Stuart Brigham.
0:30.7	Hi, guys.
0:31.7	Hi, I'm Peter here, Matt.
0:33.7	As always.
0:36.7	So what do we talk about today?
0:38.2	Speaking of the blood pressure cuff question, you know on this episode, we're going to highlight
0:42.9	the recent sprint trial and their intensive versus standard blood pressure control and how that
0:48.3	challenges JNC8, but before we get into it, we wanted to just talk about and reminisce
0:54.0	if you will about JNC8.
0:56.8	Do you remember where you were when JNC8 came out?
1:01.3	Can we please have a moment of silence for JNC8?
1:03.6	Okay, it's done.
1:06.6	Thank you.
1:07.6	I think it is done.
1:10.9	I think JNC8 is completely done.
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