Screening for hypertension in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 196-199

  Collins, K ^a   Gough, S ^a   Clancy, Mike ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 41849119115     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.050112     Document Type: Article

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