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Jun 2023
1h 9m

Hypertensive Emergencies

EB Medicine
About this episode

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the June 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Hypertensive Emergencies: Guidelines and Best Practice Recommendations


Epidemiology


Etiology


Differential diagnosis


Prehospital care


History and physical 


Diagnostics


Treatment

  • Acute decompensated heart failure
  • Acute ischemic stroke
  • Acute coronary syndrome
  • Intracerebral hemorrhage
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Aortic dissection
  • Hypertensive encephalopathy
  • Severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia


Controversies

  • Arterial line placement
  • Beta blockers and cocaine


Risk management caveats


Summary

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