Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Review Meta Analysis
The prognostic value of emergency department measured hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
The objective was to assess the prognostic value of hypertension detected in the emergency department (ED). ⋯ Hypertension can be measured feasibly in the ED and consequently used in a long-term cardiovascular risk prediction model. There is an opportunity to intervene in targeted individuals, using routinely collected data.