Measuring blood pressure for decision making and quality reporting: Where and how many measures?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 781-788

  Powers, Benjamin J ^a   Olsen, Maren K ^a   Smith, Valerie A ^a   Woolson, Robert F ^a   Bosworth, Hayden B ^a   Oddone, Eugene Z ^a  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 79959670994     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-12-201106210-00005     Document Type: Article

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