Management of hypertension in elderly long-term care residents

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 912-914

  Tsuyuki, Ross T ^a   McLean, Donna L ^a   McAlister, Finlay A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Elderly; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CANADA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58249086138     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(08)70698-6     Document Type: Article

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