Hypertensive Crisis
@article{Rodriguez2010HypertensiveC, title={Hypertensive Crisis}, author={M. A. Rodriguez and S. Kumar and M. De Caro}, journal={Cardiology in Review}, year={2010}, volume={18}, pages={102-107} }
Hypertension is a common chronic medical condition affecting over 65 million Americans. Uncontrolled hypertension can progress to a hypertensive crisis defined as a systolic blood pressure >180 mm Hg or a diastolic blood pressure >120 mm Hg. Hypertensive crisis can be further classified as a hypertensive urgency or hypertensive emergency depending on end-organ involvement including cardiac, renal, and neurologic injury. The prompt recognition of a hypertensive emergency with the appropriateā¦Ā CONTINUE READING
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