Why is My Hypertensive Patient Still Not Controlled?

High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-72

  Filippi, Alessandro ^a   Degli Esposti, Luca ^b   Buda, Stefano ^b   Diguardo, Antonino ^a   Paolini, Italo ^a   Nati, Giulio ^a  

^a Italian College of General Practitioners   (Italy)

^b Economics and Outcomes Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Practice improvement; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; ITALY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924073257     PISSN: 11209879     EISSN: 11791985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40292-014-0075-y     Document Type: Article

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