Oral drugs for hypertensive urgencies: systematic review and meta-analysis
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Hypertensive urgencies are defined as severe elevations in blood pressure without evidence of acute or progressive target-organ damage. The need for treatment is considered urgent but allows for slow control using oral or sublingual drugs. If the increase in blood pressure is...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
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Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802009000600009&lng=en&tlng=en |