Hypertensive emergency: what to do?

Hypertensive emergency is characterized by an acute rise in blood pressure to dangerous values or in patients at risk. The most frequent emergency situations are related to several symptoms:

Hypertensive encephalopathy
Malignant hypertension
Eclampsia
Clonidine suspension
Acute or chronic glomerulonephritis
Head trauma
Pheochromocytoma
Cerebral or subarachnoid hemorrhage
Dissecting aneurysm of the aorta
Acute left ventricular failure

Regarding therapy, the drugs used to treat hypertensive crisis are: nitroprusside, diazepoxide, hydralazine, methyldopa, trimethophone, phentolamine, and labetalol.

Source: Medical Guard Handbook edited by Piercarlo Salari

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