Pediatric Hypertension in the Emergency Department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Belsha, Craig W ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; LABETALOL; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSENSUS; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; NORMAL VALUE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 39149107402     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.11.009     Document Type: Editorial

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