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[Hypertensive crises]
P M Da Silva1, J D Martins, F L Nobre
1Serviço de Medicina do Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisboa.
Insights
Treating hypertensive crisis aims to lower dangerously high blood pressure, not necessarily to normal levels. Accurate diagnosis and understanding pathophysiology are key for effective management of hypertensive emergencies and urgencies.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Nephrology
- Internal Medicine
Abstract:
The goal of the accurate treatment of an hypertensive crisis is to reduce the critically elevated blood pressure to a safer level, in an hemodynamic point of view, although not necessarily normal. The authors stress that a prompt and correct diagnosis in distinguishing hypertensive emergencies from urgencies, in understanding its pathophysiology and the knowledge of available drugs is essential for a successful management.