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.

References: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1524-6175.2001.00449.x/epdf