Hypertensive Emergencies

<p>In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the June 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, <a href="https://www.ebmedicine.net/topics/cardiovascular/emergency-medicine-hypertensive-emergencies">Hypertensive Emergencies: Guidelines and Best Practice Recommendations</a></p><p></p><p>Epidemiology</p><p></p><p>Etiology</p><p></p><p>Differential diagnosis</p><p></p><p>Prehospital care</p><p></p><p>History and physical </p><p></p><p>Diagnostics</p><p></p><p>Treatment</p><ul><li>Acute decompensated heart failure</li><li>Acute ischemic stroke</li><li>Acute coronary syndrome</li><li>Intracerebral hemorrhage</li><li>Subarachnoid hemorrhage</li><li>Aortic dissection</li><li>Hypertensive encephalopathy</li><li>Severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia</li></ul><p></p><p>Controversies</p><ul><li>Arterial line placement</li><li>Beta blockers and cocaine</li></ul><p></p><p>Risk management caveats</p><p></p><p>Summary</p>