The diagnostic approach and management of hypertension in the emergency department.
Diagnosis
Hypertension emergency
Hypertension urgency
Treatment
Journal
European journal of internal medicine
ISSN: 1879-0828
Titre abrégé: Eur J Intern Med
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9003220
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 Dec 2023
11 Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
26
01
2023
revised:
21
11
2023
accepted:
28
11
2023
medline:
13
12
2023
pubmed:
13
12
2023
entrez:
13
12
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Hypertension urgency and emergency represents a challenging condition in which clinicians should determine the assessment and/or treatment of these patients. Whether the elevation of blood pressure (BP) levels is temporary, in need of treatment, or reflects a chronic hypertensive state is not always easy to unravel. Unfortunately, current guidelines provide few recommendations concerning the diagnostic approach and treatment of emergency department patients presenting with severe hypertension. Target organ damage determines: the timeframe in which BP should be lowered, target BP levels as well as the drug of choice to use. It's important to distinguish hypertensive emergency from hypertensive urgency, usually a benign condition that requires more likely an outpatient visit and treatment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38087668
pii: S0953-6205(23)00425-9
doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2023.11.028
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest None declared