RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Management of hypertension — a study of hospital outpatient practice JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO J R Coll Gen Pract FD British Journal of General Practice SP 221 OP 227 VO 33 IS 249 A1 Barbara Russell A1 J. L. Anderton A1 J. J. C. Cormack A1 A. Doig A1 Mary Fulton A1 R. J. Kellett A1 M. B. Matthews A1 A. L. Muir A1 N. J. Vetter YR 1983 UL http://bjgp.org/content/33/249/221.abstract AB In this third report on the management of hypertension by general practitioners and hospital physicians we review hospital outpatient practice in a representative sample of 90 new patients and 436 returning patients attending the clinics of three Edinburgh hospitals. Seventyeight per cent of the new patients were seen by a consultant or senior registrar. An unacceptable number of deficiencies was found in clinical assessment and these are discussed. Consultants are shown to be more conservative than junior hospital doctors in their treatment of hypertension.