Incidence, aetiology and mortality secondary to hypertensive emergencies in a large-scale referral centre in Israel (1991-2010)

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 498-502

  Leiba, A ^a,b,c   Cohen Arazi, O ^a   Mendel, L ^d   Holtzman, E J ^a,b   Grossman, E ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Omnistat Statistical Consulting   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CENTRAL SYMPATHETIC AGONIST; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN AXIS BLOCKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION, MALIGNANT; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84950240082     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2015.115     Document Type: Review

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