Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
210 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
1989-10-31
1992-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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While less frequent than in the era before effective treatment for hypertension, hypertensive emergency remains a relatively common cause of hospital admission in some sub-populations. In 1989, hypertensive emergency accounted for approximately 60 admissions per year to the Medical Service at Presbyterian Hospital, and a somewhat higher proportion of intensive care unit admissions and utilization. The importance of hypertensive emergency may have been underestimated because the International Classification of Diseases discharge codes included only malignant hypertension, a severe form comprising only about half of the admissions for hypertensive emergency. There had been almost no epidemiologic studies of hypertensive emergency since 1969, and very little was known about risk factors.
DESIGN NARRATIVE:
A matched case-control study design was used. Cases were obtained from admissions to the Medical Service at Presbyterian Hospital. Morbidity and mortality data were obtained by follow-up of the case series.
Conditions
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Study Design
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CASE_CONTROL
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* patients with incidents of hypertensive emergency or hypertensive urgency
* hypertensive patients with other acute conditions who were admitted to the hospital or were treated in the emergency room and released
Exclusion Criteria
2. Pregnancy
21 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
NIH
Columbia University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Steven Shea, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Hamilton Southworth Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epide, Dept of Medicine General Medicine
Locations
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Columbia University
New York, New York, United States
Countries
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References
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Shea S, Misra D, Ehrlich MH, Field L, Francis CK. Correlates of nonadherence to hypertension treatment in an inner-city minority population. Am J Public Health. 1992 Dec;82(12):1607-12. doi: 10.2105/ajph.82.12.1607.
Shea S, Misra D, Ehrlich MH, Field L, Francis CK. Predisposing factors for severe, uncontrolled hypertension in an inner-city minority population. N Engl J Med. 1992 Sep 10;327(11):776-81. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199209103271107.
Other Identifiers
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CUMC ID unknown (1121)
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id