Strict Blood Pressure Control Achieved Using an ICT-Based Home Blood Pressure Monitoring System in a Catastrophically Damaged Area After a Disaster

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 26-29

  Nishizawa, Masafumi ^a,b   Hoshide, Satoshi ^a   Okawara, Yukie ^a   Matsuo, Takefumi ^a,c   Kario, Kazuomi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Minamisanriku Hospital   (Japan)

^c Hyogo Pref Awaji Agric Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SURVIVOR; WINTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DISASTER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TSUNAMI; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; DISASTERS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TSUNAMIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84992046763     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12864     Document Type: Article

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