Course of Untreated High Blood Pressure in the Emergency Department

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" Course of Untreated High Blood Pressure in the Emergency Department "
Cienki, John J; DeLuca, Lawrence A; Feaster, Daniel J

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	934216
Doc. No	:	LA61z7d9ff
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Cienki, John J; DeLuca, Lawrence A; Feaster, Daniel J
Title & Author	:	Course of Untreated High Blood Pressure in the Emergency Department [Article]\ Cienki, John J; DeLuca, Lawrence A; Feaster, Daniel J
Title of Periodical	:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
Volume/ Issue Number	:	12/4
Date	:	2011
Abstract	:	Introduction: No clear understanding exists about the course of a patient’s blood pressure (BP) during an emergency department (ED) visit. Prior investigations have demonstrated that BP can be reduced by removing patients from treatment areas or by placing patients supine and observing them for several hours. However, modern EDs are chaotic and noisy places where patients and their families wait for long periods in an unfamiliar environment. We sought to determine the stability of repeated BP measurements in the ED environment.