Feasibility and outcomes of screening for cardiovascular risk factors in the emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-181

  Tan, Natalie ^a   Taylor, David Mcdonald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Emergency department; Hypertension; Public health screening

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84876116937     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12060     Document Type: Article

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