Managing hypertensive emergencies in the ED;Prise en charge des urgences hypertensives

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Thomas, Lyle ^a  

^a Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; ENALAPRILAT; ESMOLOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART OUTPUT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPERTROPHY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NAUSEA; PAPILLEDEMA; PARESTHESIA; SPEECH DISORDER; THORAX PAIN; VASODILATATION; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DIURETICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 80054710254     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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