Hypertensive emergency
Very high blood pressure and signs of organ damage / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A hypertensive emergency is very high blood pressure with potentially life-threatening symptoms and signs of acute damage to one or more organ systems (especially brain, eyes, heart, aorta, or kidneys). It is different from a hypertensive urgency by this additional evidence for impending irreversible hypertension-mediated organ damage (HMOD). Blood pressure is often above 200/120 mmHg, however there are no universally accepted cutoff values.[1][2][3]
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Hypertensive emergency | |
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Other names | Malignant hypertension, hypertensive crises |
CT scan depicting intracranial hemorrhage, a possible complication of hypertensive emergency. Patients with spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage present with newfound headache and neurologic deficits. | |
Specialty | Cardiology |
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