Recomendaciones para el manejo de las crisis hipertensivas: Documento de Consenso de la Sociedad Chilena de Hipertensión Arterial

The management of severe hypertension in the emergency setting demands a careful evaluation of the different underlying clinical situations, and of the impending risk for the life of the patient or of acute organ damage. Hypertensive emergencies and urgencies have to be identified, and distinguished...

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Autores principales: Valdés S,Gloria, Roessler B,Emilio
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2002
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720020003000132002-07-24Recomendaciones para el manejo de las crisis hipertensivas: Documento de Consenso de la Sociedad Chilena de Hipertensión ArterialValdés S,GloriaRoessler B,Emilio Antihypertensive agents Emergencies Hypertension Hypotension Vascular resistance The management of severe hypertension in the emergency setting demands a careful evaluation of the different underlying clinical situations, and of the impending risk for the life of the patient or of acute organ damage. Hypertensive emergencies and urgencies have to be identified, and distinguished from chronic severe hypertension, a frequent presentation to the emergency services. A thorough clinical evaluation, and not the magnitude of the blood pressure elevation, should be the basis of the differential diagnosis; this will guide the setting required for treatment (intensive care unit, ward or ambulatory), the drugs of choice, as well as the velocity of blood pressure reduction. Special emphasis has to be given to the management of cerebrovascular accidents and severe preeclampsia, as the reduction of blood pressure entails a risk of hypoperfusion of critical territories as the brain and fetus respectively. A wide range of drugs permits a tailored treatment of a variety of clinical situations. Efforts have to be made to detect and manage chronic hypertensive patients in order to reduce the consultation load represented by severe hypertensives in emergency services, by preventing hypertensive crisis, in order to focalize on real situations of risk (Rev Méd Chile 2002; 130: 322-31)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.130 n.3 20022002-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872002000300013es10.4067/S0034-98872002000300013
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Antihypertensive agents
Emergencies
Hypertension
Hypotension
Vascular resistance
spellingShingle Antihypertensive agents
Emergencies
Hypertension
Hypotension
Vascular resistance
Valdés S,Gloria
Roessler B,Emilio
Recomendaciones para el manejo de las crisis hipertensivas: Documento de Consenso de la Sociedad Chilena de Hipertensión Arterial
description The management of severe hypertension in the emergency setting demands a careful evaluation of the different underlying clinical situations, and of the impending risk for the life of the patient or of acute organ damage. Hypertensive emergencies and urgencies have to be identified, and distinguished from chronic severe hypertension, a frequent presentation to the emergency services. A thorough clinical evaluation, and not the magnitude of the blood pressure elevation, should be the basis of the differential diagnosis; this will guide the setting required for treatment (intensive care unit, ward or ambulatory), the drugs of choice, as well as the velocity of blood pressure reduction. Special emphasis has to be given to the management of cerebrovascular accidents and severe preeclampsia, as the reduction of blood pressure entails a risk of hypoperfusion of critical territories as the brain and fetus respectively. A wide range of drugs permits a tailored treatment of a variety of clinical situations. Efforts have to be made to detect and manage chronic hypertensive patients in order to reduce the consultation load represented by severe hypertensives in emergency services, by preventing hypertensive crisis, in order to focalize on real situations of risk (Rev Méd Chile 2002; 130: 322-31)
author Valdés S,Gloria
Roessler B,Emilio
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Roessler B,Emilio
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title Recomendaciones para el manejo de las crisis hipertensivas: Documento de Consenso de la Sociedad Chilena de Hipertensión Arterial
title_short Recomendaciones para el manejo de las crisis hipertensivas: Documento de Consenso de la Sociedad Chilena de Hipertensión Arterial
title_full Recomendaciones para el manejo de las crisis hipertensivas: Documento de Consenso de la Sociedad Chilena de Hipertensión Arterial
title_fullStr Recomendaciones para el manejo de las crisis hipertensivas: Documento de Consenso de la Sociedad Chilena de Hipertensión Arterial
title_full_unstemmed Recomendaciones para el manejo de las crisis hipertensivas: Documento de Consenso de la Sociedad Chilena de Hipertensión Arterial
title_sort recomendaciones para el manejo de las crisis hipertensivas: documento de consenso de la sociedad chilena de hipertensión arterial
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
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