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Hypertensive Emergencies

Hypertensive Emergencies

EMplify by EB Medicine

June 1, 20231h 9m

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Show Notes

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the June 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Hypertensive Emergencies: Guidelines and Best Practice Recommendations


Epidemiology


Etiology


Differential diagnosis


Prehospital care


History and physical 


Diagnostics


Treatment

  • Acute decompensated heart failure
  • Acute ischemic stroke
  • Acute coronary syndrome
  • Intracerebral hemorrhage
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Aortic dissection
  • Hypertensive encephalopathy
  • Severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia


Controversies

  • Arterial line placement
  • Beta blockers and cocaine


Risk management caveats


Summary