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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*A medical emergency. | *A medical emergency. | ||
Defined as either of the following:<ref name=pmid14689106/><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Lenz | first1 = K. | title = [Treating a hypertensive emergency]. | journal = MMW Fortschr Med | volume = 146 | issue = 15 | pages = 42, 44, 46-8 | month = Apr | year = 2004 | doi = | PMID = 15373020 }}</ref> | |||
# >220 mmHg systolic BP. | |||
# >120 mmHg diastolic BP. | |||
Prognosis: | Prognosis: | ||
*Depends on the acute rise in blood pressure.<ref name=pmid14689106>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gegenhuber | first1 = A. | last2 = Lenz | first2 = K. | title = [Hypertensive emergency and urgence]. | journal = Herz | volume = 28 | issue = 8 | pages = 717-24 | month = Dec | year = 2003 | doi = 10.1007/s00059-003-2506-8 | PMID = 14689106 }}</ref> | *Depends on the acute rise in blood pressure.<ref name=pmid14689106>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gegenhuber | first1 = A. | last2 = Lenz | first2 = K. | title = [Hypertensive emergency and urgence]. | journal = Herz | volume = 28 | issue = 8 | pages = 717-24 | month = Dec | year = 2003 | doi = 10.1007/s00059-003-2506-8 | PMID = 14689106 }}</ref> | ||
* | **Adverse outcomes may arise even when the BP is not at the levels given above. | ||
*Usually better than with [[HUS]].<ref name=pmid18497467>{{Cite journal | last1 = Zhang | first1 = B. | last2 = Xing | first2 = C. | last3 = Yu | first3 = X. | last4 = Sun | first4 = B. | last5 = Zhao | first5 = X. | last6 = Qian | first6 = J. | title = Renal thrombotic microangiopathies induced by severe hypertension. | journal = Hypertens Res | volume = 31 | issue = 3 | pages = 479-83 | month = Mar | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1291/hypres.31.479 | PMID = 18497467 }}</ref> | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||