Utility of Routine Testing for Patients With Asymptomatic Severe Blood Pressure Elevation in the Emergency Department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 231-239

  Karras, David J ^a   Kruus, Linda K ^a   Cienki, John J ^c   Wald, Marlena M ^b   Ufberg, Jacob W ^a   Shayne, Philip ^b   Wald, David A ^a   Heilpern, Katherine L ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; AGED; ANEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 41149100123     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.03.032     Document Type: Article

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