Profile of patients with hypertensive urgency and emergency presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania

Profile of patients with hypertensive urgency and emergency presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania

Abstract Background Hypertensive crises are clinical syndromes grouped as hypertensive urgency and emergency, which occur as complications of untreated or inadequately treated hypertension. Emergency departments across the world are the first points of contact for these patients. There is a paucity...

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Main Authors: Patrick J. Shao, Hendry R. Sawe, Brittany L. Murray, Juma A. Mfinanga, Victor Mwafongo, Michael S. Runyon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Subjects:
Emergency department
Hypertensive emergency
Hypertensive urgency
And hypertensive crisis
Sub-Saharan Africa
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-018-0895-0

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