Hypertensive crisis

Prevalence Causes Clinical features Investigations Therapy Prognosis

Therapy nifedipine 5 mg orally chewed then swallowed d as capsules or sustained release d Why? Patients with severe hypertension who received 10 mg nifedipine rather than 5 mg do not clearly have a larger fall in diastolic blood pressure at 4 hours d Sustained-release nifedipine is probably as effective as nifedipine capsules for lowering blood pressure in patients with hypertensive emergencies, and works as quickly. d

Expiry date: March 2004
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Authors	N   Shenker , CM   Ball
Reviewers	S   Hsu , C   Clase
CAT Writers	N   Shenker , CM   Ball