Clinical policy: Critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients with asymptomatic hypertension in the emergency department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-249

  Decker, Wyatt W ^a   Godwin, Steven A ^a   Hess, Erik P ^a   Lenamond, Carrie C ^a   Jagoda, Andy S ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944477558     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.10.003     Document Type: Review

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