[Results of stationary management of patients with hypertension with reference to previous ambulatory care].
The case histories of 100 patients who were hospitalised in the Department of Internal Medicine of St. George's Hospital in the period from January 1975 to March 1976 are analysed mainly to study their treatment as outpatients (information of the patient, previous diagnoses and treatment, and diagnosis at the time of hospitalisation) and the results of their in-hospital treatment. Most of the patients were admitted to hospital at an advanced stage, usually when out-patient treatment had failed to produce results, but in 80% of the cases the result of in-hospital treatment was satisfactory or good. Besides improvement in drug combination and treatment of cardiac insufficiency, the most frequent complication, observation of general therapeutic principles under conditions of in-hospital treatment was found to be of special importance. Over and above this, we regard close cooperation of hospital and out-patient clinic as essential in the optimisation of the treatment of hypertension.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005859:Germany, East; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
Ergebnisse stationärer Behandlung von Patienten mit Hypertonie unter Berücksichtigung der ambulanten Vorbehandlung.