Blood pressure rise in spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage: Epiphenomenon or precipitating factor?

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-79

  Passero, S ^a   Ciacci, G ^a   Rossi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DRUG; SHORT ACTING DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANAMNESIS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SLOW DRUG RELEASE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; STROKE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037255535     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001481     Document Type: Letter

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