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Treatment of hypertension in emergent and urgent cases. Part I. Hypertensive urgencies
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Abstract
Hypertensive urgencies are severe elevations in blood pressure without evidence of acute or rapidly progressive target organ damage. High blood pressure alone in the absence of symptoms of progressive target organ dysfunction rarely requires emergency therapy. Usually it can be managed by orally administered drugs with appropriate follow-up.
Abstract
Hypertensive urgencies are severe elevations in blood pressure without evidence of acute or rapidly progressive target organ damage. High blood pressure alone in the absence of symptoms of progressive target organ dysfunction rarely requires emergency therapy. Usually it can be managed by orally administered drugs with appropriate follow-up.
Keywords
severe hypertension; hypertensive emergencies; hypertensive urgencies
Title
Treatment of hypertension in emergent and urgent cases. Part I. Hypertensive urgencies
Journal
Issue
Article type
Review paper
Pages
133-138
Published online
2004-04-06
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Bibliographic record
Nadciśnienie tętnicze 2004;8(2):133-138.
Keywords
severe hypertension
hypertensive emergencies
hypertensive urgencies
Authors
Agnieszka Węgrzyn
Radosław Targoński
Jerzy Bellwon
Wojciech Sobiczewski
Wiesław Puchalski
Andrzej Rynkiewicz