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Valproate Induced Hypertensive Urgency [PDF]
Case Reports in Psychiatry, 2016 Valproate is a medication used in the treatment of seizures, bipolar disorder, migraines, and behavioral problems. Here we present a case of an 8-year-old boy who presented with hypertensive urgency after initiation of valproate. Primary treatment of his
Mauran Sivananthan, Sarah Mohiuddin
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021 Background: Captopril is an important drug and is used to control hypertensive urgency world-wide. But there is very little data available regarding the evaluation of its outcomes in hypertensive urgency among African patients.
Aimun A E Ahmed
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Severe asymptomatic hypertension: Ending the urgency of “hypertensive urgency”
Proceedings of Singapore HealthcareSevere asymptomatic hypertension (historically termed “hypertensive urgency”) is common in hospital settings and is frequently overtreated. In the absence of acute target organ damage, aggressive short-term blood pressure reduction or parenteral therapy ...
Wai Lun Moy, Derrick Chen Wee Aw
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Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2023 Gudisa Bereda Pharmacy Department, Alert Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Gudisa Bereda, Pharmacy Department, Alert Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, 1000, Ethiopia, Tel +251913118492 ; +251910790650,
Gudisa Bereda Tola
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Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2012 Nirali H Patel,1 Sarah K Romero,2 David C Kaelber31Division of Emergency Medicine, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, USA; 2Division of Emergency Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA; 3Departments of ...
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Heart India, 2023 Background: The term “hypertensive crisis (HC)” is used to describe both hypertensive emergencies and hypertensive urgencies. Hypertensive emergencies are characterized by the presence of target organ damage, whereas hypertensive urgencies do not involve
Salomi Samuel Bhandare +3 more
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Indian Heart Journal, 2022 Hypertensive crises is still a major public health problem, causing end organ damage like myocardial infarction, stroke, and renal failure. Labetalol and nitroglycerine are among the two most commonly used medicine to control the blood pressure, but ...
Mohammad Azharuddin Malik +3 more
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 BackgroundA hypertensive crisis is a medical emergency that causes acute damage to multiple organs. However, the etiology, clinical features, and prognosis of hypertensive crisis in Chinese children remain relatively unknown.
Hongjun Ba +6 more
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Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022 Background: A hypertensive crisis may manifest as hypertensive emergency or urgency. Hypertensive emergency is characterized by target organ damage and poses immediate threat to life, a situation not seen in urgency.
Navtej Singh +3 more
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Hypertension crisis as the first symptom of renovascular hypertension in children
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2022 Background Renovascular hypertension (RVH) is one of the main causes of hypertensive crisis (HTN-C). It is characterized by acute onset and severe disease, and early diagnosis and treatment are difficult. The objective was to describe the characteristics
Lingling Xu +3 more
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