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Appropriateness of Bolus Antihypertensive Therapy for Elevated Blood Pressure in the Emergency Department

INTRODUCTION: While moderate to severely elevated blood pressure (BP) is present in nearly half of all emergency department (ED) patients, the incidence of true hypertensive emergencies in ED patients is low. Administration of bolus intravenous (IV) antihypertensive treatment to lower BP in patients...

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Autores principales: Miller, Joseph B., Arter, Andrew, Wilson, Suprat S., Janke, Alexander T., Brody, Aaron, Reed, Brian P., Levy, Phillip D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5576634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28874950
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2017.5.33410