Open AccessAdmission of hypertensive patients at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
Author(s) -
V A Ukoh
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v84i7.9588
Subject(s) - medicine , benin city , mortality rate , teaching hospital , pediatrics , disease , complication , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , surgery , general surgery
There is a suggestion of an identifiable impact of hypertension on all cause mortality in rural Africa. There is however paucity of hard data on the impact of morbidity or modality from this disease.