Blood pressure response to out-patient drug treatment of hypertension in 1973 - 1993 at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 182-186

  Adukwei Hesse, I F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

African; Antihypertensive drugs; Blood pressure treatment; Ghanaian; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; METHYLDOPA; RESERPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTPATIENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; DIURETICS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHYLDOPA; MIDDLE AGED; RESERPINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142028118     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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