The burden of hypertension in the emergency department and linkage to care: A prospective cohort study in Tanzania.
Sophie W GalsonJohn W StaniferJulian T HertzGloria TemuNathan ThielmanTemitope GafaarCatherine A StatonPublished in: PloS one (2019)
In a northern Tanzanian tertiary care ED, the burden of hypertension is high, with few patients receiving optimal outpatient care follow-up. Multi-disciplinary strategies are needed to improve linkage to care for high-risk patients from ED settings.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- healthcare
- palliative care
- blood pressure
- quality improvement
- tertiary care
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- pain management
- genome wide
- affordable care act
- prognostic factors
- patient reported outcomes
- health insurance
- hiv infected
- adverse drug
- high density
- patient reported