TY  - JOUR
T1  - MIssed opportunities for treatment of uncontrolled hypertension at physician office visits in the united states, 2005 through 2009
AU  - Khanna R, Victor RG, Bibbins-Domingo K, Shapiro MF, Pletcher MJ
Y1  - 2012/09/24
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2749
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1344
EP  - 1345
VL  - 172
IS  - 17
N2  - 
Hypertension affects nearly one-third of all US adults and is a leading treatable cause of cardiovascular death.1- 2 National guidelines recommend prescribing new blood pressure (BP) medication for all untreated patients with an established diagnosis of hypertension and for treated patients with stage 2 BP elevation.2 It is unclear how often these guidelines are followed nationally. We analyzed new BP medication prescriptions for patients with uncontrolled hypertension using the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS).

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2749
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2749
ER  -