Run Time: 5 minutes
Author: Dr. Eric Miller
Educational Pearls:
- Hypertensive Emergency is generally over 180/100 with at least one associated symptom, but there are cases where this will not happen.
- Patient 4-5 days postpartum with eclampsia.
- For a patient who’s aorta is dissecting and an initial BP around 150/100 the goal is to get the systolic BP down to around 100 to decrease sheer forces on the aorta.
- A patient who is pregnant and a normal blood pressure around 110 who comes in with a systolic BP of 130.
Link to Podcast: http://medicalminute.madewithopinion.com/hypertensive-emergency-with-normal-pressure/
References: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1524-6175.2001.00449.x/epdf