Practice Patterns in Treating High-Risk Patients with Hyperlipidemia at a Northeast Tennessee University Clinic

Abstract

There was a suboptimal compliance among internal medicine residents in the frequency of screening for, reaching, and maintaining the target LDL cholesterol level, according to the latest NCEP-ATP guidelines, among high-risk patients with hyperlipidemias.

Beyond guidelines: achieving the optimum in LDL cholesterol control

“…Although this figure has increased over the years (Fig. 1) [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31], the recent guidelines update, calling for reducing LDL-C to less than 70 mg/dl in this high-risk population, is bound to have a bearing on the number of patients achieving the new target. Moreover, the possibility that future studies may prove the need to reduce LDL-C even further is plausible [12].…”

“…Changes in LDL cholesterol control rate among high-risk cardiovascular disease patients (including patients with diabetes) within the last 10 years Source:[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31].…”