Safety and efficacy of antihypertensive prescription at emergency department discharge

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 632-635

  Brody, Aaron ^a   Rahman, Tahsin ^a   Reed, Brian ^a   Millis, Scott ^a   Ference, Brian ^a   Flack, John M ^a   Levy, Phillip D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TARGET ORGAN; AGED; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929042767     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12660     Document Type: Article

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