Poor blood pressure control in general practice: In search of explanations

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 102, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 477-483

  Nicodème, Robert ^a   Albessard, Artus ^b   Amar, Jacques ^a,b   Chamontin, Bernard ^a,b   Lang, Thierry ^b  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Blood pressure control; Blood pressure measurement; General practice; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73349092185     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: 18752128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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