Screening for Hypertension in the INpatient Environment(SHINE): a protocol for a prospective study of diagnostic accuracy among adult hospital patients
Introduction A significant percentage of patients admitted to hospital have undiagnosed hypertension. However, present hypertension guidelines in the UK, Europe and USA do not define a blood pressure threshold at which hospital inpatients should be considered at risk of hypertension, outside of the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2019-12-01
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| Series: | BMJ Open |
| Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/12/e033792.full |