Identifying gaps between guidelines and clinical practice in the evaluation and treatment of patients with hypertension

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-18

  Spranger, Cathy B ^a,b   Ries, Andrea J ^c   Berge, Carrie A ^d   Radford, Nina B ^b   Victor, Ronald G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONOTHERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAGING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2942750248     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.01.024     Document Type: Article

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