Altitude-related hypertension

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-165

  Handler, Joel ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALDOSTERONE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; FELODIPINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS TRIAMTERENE; HYDROCORTISONE; LISINOPRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE URINE LEVEL; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; MICROALBUMINURIA; MORNING DOSAGE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALTITUDE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 63349106131     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2009.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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