Hypertension-related diseases as a common cause of hospital mortality in Tanzania: A 3-year prospective study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1806-1811

  Peck, Robert N ^a,b,c   Green, Ethan ^d   Mtabaji, Jacob ^b   Majinge, Charles ^a   Smart, Luke R ^a,b,c   Downs, Jennifer A ^a,b,c   Fitzgerald, Daniel W ^c  

^a Bugando Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

^b WEILL BUGANDO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Tanzania)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Admissions; Hospital; Hospital days; Hypertension; Mortality; Noncommunicable diseases; Stroke; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETIREMENT; TANZANIA;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84884204183     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328362bad7     Document Type: Article

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