RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 General practitioners' perception of hypertension
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 440
OP 441
VO 32
IS 240
A1 Research Group of the East of Ireland Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Department of Community Health, University of Dublin
A1 James S. McCormick
YR 1982
UL http://bjgp.org/content/32/240/440.abstract
AB As part of a study to determine the prevalence of microscopic haematuria in hypertensive patients, 12 doctors were asked to record pre-treatment levels of blood pressure. Analysis of 163 recordings of systolic and 192 recordings of diastolic pressure demonstrated: marked zero preference; point V, the point of disappearance of sounds, as the more commonly used diastolic end point; and marked clustering of diastolic readings at 110 mmHg. The last finding suggests that this reading accompanies the decision to treat.