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Prevalence and risk factors for hypertensive crisis in a predominantly African American inner-city community

Blood Pressure, 2019
Purpose: A 3-year case control study was conducted to determine the prevalence of hypertensive crisis and its subtypes, hypertensive emergency and hypertensive urgency.
Frederick A. Waldron, Irina Benenson, Shelley A. Jones-Dillon, Shreni N. Zinzuwadia, Adedamola M. Adeboye, Ela Eris, Nkechi E. Mbadugha, Natali Vicente, Alexandra Over   +8 more
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Peer Counselor Intervention for Reducing Mortality and/or Hospitalization in Adults With Hypertensive Urgency in Tanzania: A Pilot Study. [PDF]

Am J Hypertens, 2023
Kisigo GA, Mgeta F, Mcharo O, Okello E, Wajanga B, Kalokola F, Mtui G, Sundararajan R, Peck RN.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Executive Summary of the 2024 Philippine Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Severe Blood Pressure Elevation [PDF]

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension
A recent survey in the Philippines, PRESYON‐4, showed increasing prevalence of hypertension from 22% in the 1990s to 37% in 2021, of which only 52% were aware of their diagnosis.
Deborah Ignacia D. Ona, Felix Eduardo Punzalan, Raymond V. Oliva, Ma. Sergia Fatima Sucaldito, Noel Espallardo, Richard Santos, Hannah Almenario, Karl Murillo, Valentin Dones III, Elmer Jasper Llanes, Lourdes Ella Santos, Maria Cristina San Jose, Alyssa Samantha Fusingan‐Peralta, Rommel Bataclan, Maria Katrina Mata, Pauline Convocar, Aurelia Leus, Gilbert Vilela   +17 more
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Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Hypertensive Urgency at an Emergency Department. [PDF]

J Clin Med, 2021
Shin JH, Kim BS, Lyu M, Kim HJ, Lee JH, Park JK, Lim YH, Shin J.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Hypertensive Urgency in Tanzanian Adults: A 1-Year Prospective Study. [PDF]

Am J Hypertens, 2020
Reis KG, Wilson R, Kalokola F, Wajanga B, Lee MH, Safford M, Peck RN.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Ophthalmological and radiological findings in patients of hypertensive crisis reporting to an intensive care setting

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, Sneha Roy, Utsav Anand Mani, Kartika Gautam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A comparative study of intravenous labetalol VS intravenous nitroglycerin in the treatment of hypertensive crises

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, Rehan Ahmad, Mujahid Beg, Rizwan Ahmad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of pursed-lip breathing combined with number counting on blood pressure and heart rate in hypertensive urgency patients: A randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich), 2021
Mitsungnern T, Srimookda N, Imoun S, Wansupong S, Kotruchin P.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Clinical Characteristics of Hospitalized Pediatric Patients With Hypertensive Crisis—A Retrospective, Single-Center Study in China

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, Hongjun Ba, Huimin Peng, Huimin Peng, Lingling Xu, Youzhen Qin, Huisheng Wang   +6 more
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Clinical profile of patients with hypertensive crisis in a tertiary care hospital in Haryana, India – A retrospective cross-sectional study

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 , Tarun , Ravinder Pal , Ankit Chamoli   +3 more
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