Untreated hypertension and the emergency department: A chance to intervene?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 529-536

  Umscheid, Craig A ^a   Maguire, Maureen G ^a   Pines, Jesse M ^a   Everett, Worth W ^a   Baren, Jill M ^a   Townsend, Raymond R ^a   Mines, Daniel ^a,b   Szyld, Demian ^a   Gross, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive agents; Blood pressure; Cross sectional studies; Epidemiology; Hospital emergency service; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52149108758     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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