Hypertensive Emergencies and Urgencies A Clinical Approach – Diagnosis and Management of Hypertensive Crises (2024) Unknown

Description

This chapter details the differentiation and management of hypertensive emergencies and urgencies (hypertensive crises). It reviews the etiology, clinical manifestations (such as accelerated/malignant hypertension with papilledema, encephalopathy, and acute heart failure), and treatment principles, emphasizing that therapeutic intervention is dictated by end-organ damage rather than the absolute blood pressure level.