Severe acute hypertension among inpatients admitted from the emergency department

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-210

  Shorr, Andrew F ^a   Zilberberg, Marya D ^b,c   Sun, Xiaowu ^d   Johannes, Richard S ^d,e   Gupta, Vikas ^d   Tabak, Ying P ^d  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EviMed Research Group LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d MedMined Services   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAL SIGN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857796294     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.969     Document Type: Article

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