Journal article
Hypertensive Emergency
The Medical clinics of North America, Vol.101(3), pp.465-478
05/2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2016.12.007
PMID: 28372707
Abstract
A rapid and severe increase in blood pressure resulting in new or progressive end-organ damage is defined as hypertensive emergency. Clinicians should effectively use the patient interview, physical examination, and additional testing to differentiate hypertensive emergency from nonemergent hypertension. Patients with evidence or high suspicion for end-organ damage should be expediently referred from the outpatient setting to a higher level of care. Knowledge of appropriate hypertensive emergency management and the ability to initiate this care in the clinic could help reduce patient morbidity in certain situations. Patients presenting with nonemergent hypertension can continue to be safely managed in the clinic.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Hypertensive Emergency
- Creators
- Manish SunejaM. Lee Sanders
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Medical clinics of North America, Vol.101(3), pp.465-478
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.mcna.2016.12.007
- PMID
- 28372707
- NLM abbreviation
- Med Clin North Am
- ISSN
- 0025-7125
- eISSN
- 1557-9859
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2017
- Academic Unit
- Nephrology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094767602771
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