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In medicine, a contraindication is a condition (a situation or factor) that serves as a reason not to take a certain medical treatment due to the harm that it would cause the patient. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Contraindication is the opposite of indication , which is a reason to use a certain treatment.
The fundamental goal of treatment should be the prevention of the important endpoints of hypertension, such as heart attack, stroke and heart failure. Patient age, associated clinical conditions and end-organ damage also play a part in determining dosage and type of medication administered. [3]
ATC code C09 Agents acting on the renin–angiotensin system is a therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, a system of alphanumeric codes developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the classification of drugs and other medical products.
The ICD-10 Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) is a set of diagnosis codes used in the United States of America. [1] It was developed by a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human services, [ 2 ] as an adaption of the ICD-10 with authorization from the World Health Organization .
Drug treatment may also be needed to control the hypertension and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, [7] manage the heart failure, [9] or control cardiac arrhythmias. [10] Patients with hypertensive heart disease should avoid taking over the counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), or cough suppressants, and decongestants ...
The main treatment for VBI is to address risk factors for atherosclerosis such as smoking, hypertension and diabetes. Patients are often started on an antiplatelet (e.g. aspirin, clopidogrel) or occasionally an anticoagulant (e.g. warfarin) to reduce the risk of future strokes.
Plasma salicylate levels generally range from 30–100 mg/L (3–10 mg/dL) after usual therapeutic doses, 50–300 mg/L in patients taking high doses, and 700–1400 mg/L following acute overdose. [14] Patients may undergo repeated testing until their peak plasma salicylate level can be estimated. [15]
Antiplatelet medications are one of the primary recommendations for treatment of both stable [4] and unstable [5] ischemic heart disease.Most commonly, aspirin is used as a single medication in cases of uncomplicated stable angina, and in some cases of unstable angina.