A standardized treatment protocol for blood pressure management in transport patients with a reported diagnosis of acute aortic dissection or symptomatic aortic aneurysm

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 111-113

  Perez, Leanne ^a   Wise, Lowell ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Blood pressure; Treatment protocol

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ESMOLOL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PROPANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE;

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AIR AMBULANCES; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NITROPRUSSIDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROPANOLAMINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033163444     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(99)90037-8     Document Type: Article

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