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Use of Intravenous Antihypertensives in Adults Hospitalized for Noncardiac Causes

Elin Kondrad, MD
Allyson Westling, MD, MPH
Megan Harper, MD
Stephanie Weldon, MLIS

American Family Physician. 2025;112(1):81-82.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

ELIN KONDRAD, MD; ALLYSON WESTLING, MD, MPH; and MEGAN HARPER, MD, FAAFP, Saint Joseph Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Denver, Colorado

STEPHANIE WELDON, MLIS, Intermountain Health

Address correspondence to Elin Kondrad, MD, at elin.kondrad@imail.org.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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