Predictors of 90-day readmission among patients with acute severe hypertension. the cross-sectional observational Studying the Treatment of Acute hyperTension (STAT) study

American Heart Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Gore, Joel M ^a   Peterson, Eric ^b   Amin, Alpesh ^c   Anderson Jr , Frederick A ^a   Dasta, Joseph F ^d   Levy, Phillip D ^e   O'Neil, Brian J ^f   Sung, Gene Yong ^g   Varon, Joseph ^h   Wyman, Allison ^a   Granger, Christopher B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; COMORBIDITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956376046     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.06.032     Document Type: Article

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