Characteristics and Referral of Emergency Department Patients with Elevated Blood Pressure

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 779-784

  Baumann, Brigitte M ^a   Abate, Nicole L ^a   Cowan, Robert M ^a   Chansky, Michael E ^a   Rosa, Karena ^a   Boudreaux, Edwin D ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; emergency department; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 34548045567     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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