When your patient's blood pressure won't come down
Wexler, R.; Taylor, C.; Pleister, A.; Feldman, D.
Journal of Family Practice 58(12): 640-645
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0094-3509 PMID: 19961817 Document Number: 634995
Is your patient's persistent hypertension really resistant to treatment, or are other factors at work? Consider these 2 cases and let this algorithm help you decide.
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