Cross-sectional centiles of blood pressure by age and sex: a four-hospital database retrospective observational analysis.
David Chi-Wai WongStephen GerryFarah ShamoutDavid A CliftonMarco A F PimentelPeter J WatkinsonPublished in: BMJ open (2020)
We have quantified variations in blood pressure by age and sex in hospitalised patients that have implications for recognition of deterioration. Nearly 10% of younger women met the blood pressure criterion for sepsis at hospital discharge.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- cross sectional
- hypertensive patients
- heart rate
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- intensive care unit
- prognostic factors
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- acute kidney injury
- type diabetes
- blood glucose
- adverse drug
- patient reported outcomes
- emergency department
- weight loss
- physical activity
- breast cancer risk
- preterm birth