Clinical significance of blood pressure ratios in hypertensive crisis in children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 200-205

  Wu, Han Ping ^a,b,c   Yang, Wen Chieh ^d   Wu, Yung Kang ^b   Zhao, Lu Lu ^b   Chen, Chun Yu ^d   Fu, Yun Ching ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE RATIO; CASE STUDY; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY PATIENT; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84862810271     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300373     Document Type: Article

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