Management of discharged emergency department patients with a primary diagnosis of hypertension: A multicentre study

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 523-531

  Cho, Dennis D ^a   Austin, Peter C ^b   Atzema, Clare L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Emergency department; Evidence based medicine; Follow up care; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84968543000     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/cem.2015.36     Document Type: Article

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