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  2. Hypertensive emergency - Wikipedia

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    A hypertensive emergency is very high blood pressure with potentially life-threatening symptoms and signs of acute damage to one or more organ systems (especially brain, eyes, heart, aorta, or kidneys). It is different from a hypertensive urgency by this additional evidence for impending irreversible hypertension-mediated organ damage (HMOD).

  3. Hypertensive crisis - Wikipedia

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    Other symptoms accompanying a hypertensive crisis may include visual deterioration due to retinopathy, breathlessness due to heart failure, or a general feeling of malaise due to kidney failure. [3] Most people with a hypertensive crisis are known to have elevated blood pressure, but additional triggers may have led to a sudden rise. [4]

  4. Hypertensive urgency - Wikipedia

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    A hypertensive urgency is a clinical situation in which blood pressure is very high (e.g., 220/125 mmHg) with minimal or no symptoms, and no signs or symptoms indicating acute organ damage. [1] [2] This contrasts with a hypertensive emergency where severely high blood pressure is accompanied by evidence of progressive organ or system damage. [1]

  5. How to Know When High Blood Pressure Is an Emergency - AOL

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    When blood pressure creeps up so high that it causes potentially life-threatening symptoms, it may be a type of high blood pressure crisis known as a hypertensive emergency, says Stephen J. Huot ...

  6. Comparison of international blood pressure guidelines

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    Guidelines on the choice of agents and how best to step up treatment for various subgroups in hypertension (high blood pressure) have changed over time and differ between countries. A Comparison of International Guidelines on Goal Blood Pressure and Initial Therapy for Adults With Hypertension (adapted from JNC 8 guidelines [ 1 ] )

  7. Management of hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Guidelines for treating resistant hypertension have been published in the UK [45] and US. [46] It has been proposed that a proportion of resistant hypertension may be the result of chronic high activity of the autonomic nervous system, known as "neurogenic hypertension". [47] Low adherence to treatment is an important cause of resistant ...

  8. An Indiana firefighter has died after he reportedly experienced a medical emergency while battling a local house fire. Richard "Rick" Lloyd Sanders was fighting the house fire in the area of ...

  9. What actually designates foods as being helpful for GLP-1 receptor agonists “is up for debate, as there are limited guidelines on what that actually means,” Sowa says.