Hospital admissions for hypertensive crisis in the emergency departments: a large multicenter Italian study.

Hospital admissions for hypertensive crisis in the emergency departments: a large multicenter Italian study.

Epidemiological data on the impact of hypertensive crises (emergencies and urgencies) on referral to the Emergency Departments (EDs) are lacking, in spite of the evidence that they may be life-threatening conditions. We performed a multicenter study to identify all patients aged 18 years and over wh...

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Main Authors: Giuliano Pinna, Claudio Pascale, Paolo Fornengo, Sebastiana Arras, Carmela Piras, Pietro Panzarasa, Gianpaolo Carmosino, Orietta Franza, Vincenzo Semeraro, Salvatore Lenti, Susanna Pietrelli, Sergio Panzone, Christian Bracco, Roberto Fiorini, Giovanni Rastelli, Daniela Bergandi, Bruno Zampaglione, Roberto Musso, Claudio Marengo, Giancarlo Santoro, Sergio Zamboni, Barbara Traversa, Maddalena Barattini, Graziella Bruno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0093542&type=printable

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