Clinical Analysis of Hypertension in Children Admitted to the Emergency Department

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-51

  Yang, Wen Chieh ^a   Wu, Han Ping ^b,c  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

blood pressure; hypertension in children; hypertensive crisis; transient hypertension

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; CHOLINE; CREATINE; LABETALOL; LACTIC ACID; LISINOPRIL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; NICAMETATE; NIFEDIPINE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; SERVIDIPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHILD; COMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETOOCCIPITAL AREA; PEDIATRICS; STAGING; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 76849107155     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-9572(10)60009-5     Document Type: Article

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