Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 792-793 , December 2009

Against Routine Initiation of Antihypertensive Therapy in the Emergency Department

  • Philip Shayne, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Philip H. Shayne, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303; 404-616-6674, Fax 404-616-0191

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 Section editors: William R. Mower III, MD, PhD; Robert K. Knopp, MD

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.08.018

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 792-793 , December 2009

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