Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Older Nursing Home Residents: Diagnostic and Prognostic Role

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 760.e1-760.e5

  Mossello, Enrico ^a   Pieraccioli, Maria Chiara ^a   Zanieri, Samanta ^a   Fedeli, Angela ^a   Belladonna, Maddalena ^a   Nesti, Nicola ^a   Marchionni, Niccolò ^a   Masotti, Giulio ^a   Ungar, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Arterial hypertension; Nursing home; White coat hypertension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

EID: 84866750470     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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