Treatment of hypertension in the emergency department

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 366-377

  Baumann, Brigitte M ^a   Cline, David M ^b   Pimenta, Eduardo ^c  

^a Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

antihypertensive agents; blood pressure; Emergency medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DIAZOXIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRILAT; ESMOLOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METHYLDOPA; MINOXIDIL; NICARDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENTOLAMINE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AORTA DISSECTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ECLAMPSIA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY INJURY; LUNG EDEMA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 80052969633     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: 18787436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2011.05.002     Document Type: Review

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