Key result
Among elderly emergency department patients with elevated blood pressure, 74% underwent BP reassessment, but referral (12%) and intervention rates (12%) at discharge were low.
Why the study?
What are the rates of blood pressure reassessment, evaluation, and outpatient referral in elderly emergency department patients presenting with elevated blood pressure?
Population
267 elderly emergency department patients presenting with a systolic BP of at least 140 mmHg or diastolic BP…
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Few patients receive referral or intervention despite BP reassessment in elderly ED patients; leaves open whether standardized protocols improve outpatient linkage.
Cohort (n=267)
What are the rates of blood pressure reassessment, evaluation, and outpatient referral in elderly emergency department patients presenting with elevated blood pressure?
Although blood pressure reassessment is common in elderly ED patients with elevated BP, rates of subsequent intervention and outpatient referral remain low.
Baumann et al. (2009) conducted a cohort in Elevated blood pressure (n=267). Emergency department evaluation was evaluated on Blood pressure reassessment rate. Among elderly emergency department patients with elevated blood pressure, 74% underwent BP reassessment, but referral (12%) and intervention rates (12%) at discharge were low.
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