Demographic and clinical characteristics of hypertensive patients in the internal medicine outpatient clinic of a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 87-93

  Muxfeldt, Elizabeth Silaid ^a,b   da Rocha Nogueira, Armando ^a   Salles, Gil Fernando ^a   Bloch, Kátia Vergetti ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular diseases; High blood pressure; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; NIFEDIPINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGAN INJURY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 4444271763     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802004000300003     Document Type: Article

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