Incidence and recognition of elevated triage blood pressure in the pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 922-927

  Ricke, Tracy L ^a   Hendry, Phyllis L ^a   Kalynych, Colleen ^a   Buzaianu, Elena M ^b   Kumar, Vivek ^a   Redfield, Colby ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; hypertension; triage

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFANCY; INFANT; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

EID: 80053997245     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182307a4b     Document Type: Article

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