What is the prevalence and management of hypertension in the inpatient setting?
Inpatient hypertension is common and often remains uncontrolled at discharge, highlighting a significant opportunity for improved recognition and management.
Inpatient HTN is prevalent and a large percentage of those with this condition remain hypertensive at the time of discharge and at follow-up. The potential exists for improved recognition and treatment of newly diagnosed and known, but uncontrolled, HTN observed in the inpatient setting.
Axon et al. (Thu,) studied this question.