Blood pressure measurements on children in the emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-154

  Gilhotra, Yuri ^a   Willis, Frank ^a,b,c  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Children; Emergency department; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEX;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; TRIAGE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33645724377     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00824.x     Document Type: Review

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