Hospital admissions for hypertensive crisis in the emergency departments: A large multicenter Italian study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Pinna, Giuliano ^a   Pascale, Claudio ^a   Fornengo, Paolo ^k   Arras, Sebastiana ^b   Piras, Carmela ^b   Panzarasa, Pietro ^c   Carmosino, Gianpaolo ^c   Franza, Orietta ^d   Semeraro, Vincenzo ^d   Lenti, Salvatore ^e   Pietrelli, Susanna ^e   Panzone, Sergio ^f   Bracco, Christian ^f   Fiorini, Roberto ^g   Rastelli, Giovanni ^g   Bergandi, Daniela ^h   Zampaglione, Bruno ^h   Musso, Roberto ^f   Marengo, Claudio ^f   Santoro, Giancarlo ⁱ   Zamboni, Sergio ⁱ   Traversa, Barbara ^j   Barattini, Maddalena ^j   Bruno, Graziella ^k   more..

^a Ospedale Cottolengo   (Italy)

^b Civil Hospital   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Umberto Parini   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Cardinal Massaia   (Italy)

^e IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^f S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Emergency Department Presidio Ospedaliero   (Italy)

^h Ospedale Martini   (Italy)

ⁱ Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^j Ospedale SS Antonio e Margherita   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; ITALY; LIFE THREAT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; UTILIZATION;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 84898908298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093542     Document Type: Article

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