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Hypertension Urgencies and Emergencies: The GEAR Project
Massimo Salvetti1, Fabio Bertacchini1, Giovanni Saccà1
1Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Università di Brescia &Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Abstract:
Acute elevations in blood pressure (BP), usually defined as ≥ 180/110 mmHg, may present with highly heterogeneous profiles ranging from absence of symptoms to life-threatening target organ damage. In most recent years the diagnostic approach and the treatment of hypertension have gained interest by patients and physicians. The GEAR project (Gestione delle Emergenze e urgenze in ARea critica, management of hypertensive emergencies and hypertensive urgencies in the emergency setting) was proposed by the group of Young Investigators of the Italian Society of Hypertension as a survey aimed to evaluate the awareness, diagnosis and treatment of hypertensive emergencies and urgencies in Italy.
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