Initial management of hypertension in a primary care service;Prise en charge initiale de l'hypertension artérielle en médecine de premier recours: Un état des lieux

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 2, Issue 78, 2006, Pages 2024-2034

  Nardo, Patrizia ^a   Bovier, Patrick ^b   Pechère Bertschi, Antoinette ^a,b  

^a Service d'endocrinologie   (Switzerland)

^b HUG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SWITZERLAND; TARGET ORGAN;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIURETICS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33748921732     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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