Guidelines adherence and hypertension control in an outpatient cardiology clinic in Malaysia

Guidelines adherence and hypertension control in an outpatient cardiology clinic in Malaysia

Purpose: To evaluate doctors' adherence to Malaysian Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) 2008 in established hypertensive patients with cardiovascular diseases and factors associated with guideline adherence and hypertension control in Pulau Pinang Hospital, Malaysia. Methods: Prescriptions writt...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, N. (Author), Aziz, N.A (Author), Hassan, Y. (Author), Khan, A.H (Author), Meng, O.L (Author), Tangiisuran, B. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Benin 2012
Subjects:
Adherence
adult
article
asthma
blood pressure measurement
blood pressure monitoring
Cardiology
cardiovascular disease
cerebrovascular disease
Chinese
chronic kidney disease
clinical practice
comorbidity
controlled study
cross-sectional study
Diabetes
diabetes mellitus
dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase inhibitor
dyslipidemia
ethnicity
family history
female
gout
Guidelines
heart left ventricle hypertrophy
human
hypertension
Hypertension control
Indian
major clinical study
Malay
Malaysia
male
monotherapy
outpatient department
peripheral vascular disease
practice guideline
prescription
proteinuria
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