Jun 2023

1h 9m

Hypertensive Emergencies

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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