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The questions, written by the research team, asked about physicians\u2019 approach and preferences for intensifying antihypertensive medications for inpatients with asymptomatic elevated BP. We defined \u201celevated BP\u201d as \u2265\u2009140\/90\u00a0mmHg and &lt;\u2009210\/120\u00a0mmHg. We performed a descriptive analysis of the responses and compared responses across sites.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We received 166 responses (response rate ranged from 24 to 64% across five hospitals). There was variation in the importance of treating asymptomatically elevated BP with 27% (\n                      <jats:italic>n\u2009<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u200945) agreeing it important and 47% disagreeing. This response was similar across all sites. The median threshold for intensification was 170\u2013179\u00a0mmHg. Most physicians reported that they would be more likely to treat patients with a history of heart failure (73%), stroke (73%), myocardial infarction (64%), or coronary disease (57%). Physicians reported strong agreement that they \u201cprefer not to be contacted by nurses about an asymptomatic systolic BP reading &lt;\u2009170\u00a0mmHg\u201d and agreed that \u201ctreatment is driven by nurses calling physicians.\u201d\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Almost half of the physicians believed that in the hospital setting, asymptomatic elevated BP should not be routinely treated.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s11606-026-10708-9","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,18]],"date-time":"2026-09-18T15:56:25Z","timestamp":1789746985000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Physicians\u2019 Beliefs About Treating Asymptomatic Elevated Blood Pressure Readings Among Hospitalized Patients"],"prefix":"10.1007","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3485-260X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elizabeth R.","family":"Pfoh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Che\u2019 Matthew","family":"Harris","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Meenu","family":"Singh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthew A.","family":"Pappas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael I.","family":"Ellenbogen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jason","family":"Shiffermiller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Farah Acher A.","family":"Kaiksow","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Valerie M.","family":"Vaughn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael B.","family":"Rothberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"10708_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"Axon RN, Cousineau L, Egan BM. 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