Medication Reconciliation and Hypertension Control

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Persell, Stephen D ^a   Bailey, Stacy Cooper ^a   Tang, Joyce ^a   Davis, Terry C ^b   Wolf, Michael S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Blood pressure; Errors; Health literacy; Hypertension; Medication discrepancies; Medication reconciliation; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; AMLODIPINE PLUS BENAZEPRIL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; CARVEDILOL; CLONIDINE; DILTIAZEM; ENALAPRIL; FAMOTIDINE; FOSINOPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS TRIAMTERENE; ISRADIPINE; METOPROLOL; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; NIFEDIPINE; QUINAPRIL; TAZTIA XT; TELMISARTAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POTASSIUM METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74549128618     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.06.027     Document Type: Review

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