Blood pressure behavior in the nursing home: Implications for diagnosis and treatment of hypertension

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 285-290

  Auseon, Alex ^b   Ooi, Wee L ^a   Hossain, Monir ^b   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^b  

^a Research and Training Institute   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antihypertensive; Diuretics; Hypertension; Orthostatic hypotension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032963047     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb02990.x     Document Type: Article

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