Treatment and Outcomes of Inpatient Hypertension Among Adults With Noncardiac Admissions.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite high prevalence of elevated blood pressure (BP) among medical inpatients, BP management guidelines are lacking for this population. The outcomes associated with intensifying BP treatment in the hospital are poorly studied.

Objectives

To characterize clinician response to BP in the hospital and at discharge and to compare short- and long-term outcomes associated with antihypertensive treatment intensification.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study took place from January 1 to December 31, 2017, with 1 year of follow-up at 10 hospitals within the Cleveland Clinic Hospitals health care system. All adults admitted to a medicine service in 2017 were evaluated for inclusion. Patients with cardiovascular diagnoses were excluded. Demographic a

SUBMITTER: Rastogi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7770615 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature