A dental school hypertension screening program.
This paper has described a hypertension screening program at the Medical College of Virginia School of Dentistry. The program, which has been in operation for over two years, incorporates referral to a physician and a system of repeated follow-ups. The results indicate that the program has been successful in that 134 of a total of 141 patients with suspected hypertension have been successfully referred.
D001794:Blood Pressure; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012575:Schools, Dental; D014768:Virginia