Evidence-based On-call

internal medicine

Hypertensive crisis

Prevalence
Causes
Clinical features
Investigations
Therapy
Prognosis

Clinical features

Repeat the blood pressure ^d

Why?

Most studies repeat readings over 1 hour before initiating therapy.
But initiate immediate therapy if signs or symptoms of end-organ injury are present. ^d

Expiry date: March 2004
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Authors	N Shenker , CM Ball
Reviewers	S Hsu , C Clase
CAT Writers	N Shenker , CM Ball