Hypertensive crises are among the most easily misinterpreted of all acute medical problems. Rapid diagnosis and prompt, targeted therapy can mean the difference between a good outcome and a poor prognosis with extensive multiorgan damage.
Aug 15, 2007
By:
C. VENKATA S. RAM, MD
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Hypertensive crises are among the most easily misinterpreted of all acute medical problems. Rapid diagnosis and prompt, targeted therapy can mean the difference between a good outcome and a poor prognosis with extensive multiorgan damage.
Hypertensive crises are among the most easily misinterpreted of all acute medical problems. Rapid diagnosis and prompt, targeted therapy can mean the difference between a good outcome and a poor prognosis with extensive multi-organ damage.
Nov 1, 2004
By:
C. VENKATA S. RAM, MD
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Hypertensive crises are among the most easily misinterpreted of all acute medical problems. Rapid diagnosis and prompt, targeted therapy can mean the difference between a good outcome and a poor prognosis with extensive multi-organ damage.
Aug 15, 2004
By:
Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH, Richard B. Devereux, MD
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The JNC 7 guidelines are among the most contentious ever published. Has JNC 7 changed practice? Do studies support or contradict the guidelines? How can you integrate them in practice while following your own clinical judgment?
Refractory hypertension is a possibility when BP remains uncontrolled even for patients on a triple-drug regimen. A careful investigation into possible causes guides the choice of therapy.
New clinical trials suggest that more than two thirds of patients with hypertension will need 2 or more drugs, and one of these might be a diuretic. The just-issued JNC 7 recommendations lower the threshold for initiating treatment.
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