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Management of hypertension emergencies

Current Hypertension Reports, 2003
Although they have become less common, hypertensive emergencies occur with an incidence of approximately 1 to 2/100,000 people per year. Our knowledge about this problem, its pathophysiology, risk factors, and appropriate treatment options has expanded during the past decade.
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Hypertension in the Emergency Department

Current Hypertension Reports, 2016
Hypertension is the leading risk factor for the global burden of disease, yet more than 20% of adults with hypertension are unaware of their condition. Underlying hypertension affects over 25% emergency department attendees, and the condition is more commonly encountered in emergency departments than in primary care settings.
Stewart Siu-Wa, Chan, Colin A, Graham, T H, Rainer   +2 more
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Hypertensive Emergencies in Children

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2011
Hypertensive emergencies, though uncommon in children, are potentially life threatening. While targeting blood pressure reduction to below the 90th percentile for age, gender and height, mean arterial blood pressure should be gradually lowered by one-fourth of the planned reduction over 8-12 h, a further fourth over the next 8-12 h, and the final 50 ...
Pankaj, Hari, Aditi, Sinha
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Hypertensive Urgencies and Emergencies

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2006
Hypertension management is a common reason for visits to primary care physicians. One third of patients with hypertension do not have controlled blood pressure, and may present to the physician's office with hypertensive urgencies or emergencies. How to define severely elevated blood pressure, appropriate triage, and the clinical evaluation of those ...
David L, Stewart, Sharon E, Feinstein, Richard, Colgan   +2 more
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Hypertensive Emergencies of Pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 2013
Hypertension is commonly encountered in pregnancy and has both maternal and fetal effects. Acute hypertensive crisis most commonly occurs in severe preeclampsia and is associated with maternal stroke, cardiopulmonary decompensation, fetal decompensation due to decreased uterine perfusion, abruption, and stillbirth. Immediate stabilization of the mother
James M, Alexander, Karen L, Wilson
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Hypertension in the Emergency Department

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1988
Hypertensive emergencies are now rare and are recognized by the deleterious effect on end-organs. Prompt, efficacious treatment is critical, and the current drug of choice for most episodes is sodium nitroprusside. Hypertensive urgencies are more common than are emergencies, and are distinguished by diastolic pressures greater than 115 mm Hg without ...
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Captopril in hypertensive emergencies. [PDF]

Hiroshima journal of medical sciences, 1989
A 4-year-old girl is presented suffering from severe hypertension due to hemolytic-uremic syndrome. Injection of reserpine and hydralazine was ineffective. Captopril, an oral angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitor, showed the dramatic hypotensive effect in our patient.
Sakano, Takashi, Okuda, Nobuko, Sakura, Nobuo, Yahata, Hiroshi, Tabe, Yasutsugu, Eno, Shin, Kurogane, Hiroyuki, Usui, Tomofusa   +7 more
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Hypertensive emergency

DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 2002
S, Brakemeier, I, Eichler, J, Hoyer
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Hypertensive Emergencies

Medical Clinics of North America, 1971
C A, Vaamonde, N J, David, R F, Palmer
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Emergencies in Pulmonary Hypertension

Cardiology Clinics
Pulmonary hypertension is a challenging disease entity with various underlying etiologies. The management of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (WHO Group 1) remains challenging especially in the critical care setting. With risk of high morbidity and mortality, these patients require a multidisciplinary team approach at a speciality care ...
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