Adherence to the JNC VI guidelines for the treatment of hypertension in the resident clinic.
The Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC VI) provided guidelines for the treatment of hypertension. This study examined the adherence to the JNC VI guidelines by a retrospective chart review of patients treated for hypertension in the internal medicine house staff practice at a university teaching hospital in the year after publication of the JNC VI.
Naiman
D J
DJ
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Barker
L R
LR
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007388:Internal Medicine; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents