Disaster hypertension: Experience from the great east Japan Earthquake of 2011

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 375-381

  Nishizawa, Masafumi ^a   Hoshide, Satoshi ^b   Shimpo, Masahisa ^b   Kario, Kazuomi ^b  

^a Minamisanriku Public Medical Clinic   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular risk; DCAP score; Disaster Cardiovascular Prevention (DCAP) network system; Disaster hypertension; Disaster medicine; Disasters; East Japan Earthquake; Hypercoagulability; Hypertension; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; RENIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISASTER CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION PREVENTION SCORE; DISASTER CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION RISK SCORE; DISASTER MEDICINE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY SHELTER; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; LIFE STRESS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TSUNAMI; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 84870575283     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-012-0298-z     Document Type: Review

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