Prevalence of elevated blood pressure in 563 704 adult patients with stroke presenting to the ED in the United States

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-38

  Qureshi, Adnan I ^a   Ezzeddine, Mustapha A ^a   Nasar, Abu ^a   Suri, M Fareed K ^a   Kirmani, Jawad F ^a   Hussein, Haitham M ^a   Divani, Afshin A ^a   Reddi, Alluru S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT CODING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845317678     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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