Acute Severe Hypertension

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 382; no. 7; p. e11
• Main Authors: Sibley, Aaron, Shayne, Philip, Rubin, Sébastien, Combe, Christian, Gosse, Philippe, Parmar, Malvinder S, Peixoto, Aldo J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 13.02.2020
• Subjects: Antihypertensive Agents; Blood pressure; Emergency medical care; Humans; Hypertension; Primary care

To the Editor: In his Clinical Practice article, Peixoto (Nov. 7 issue) 1 recommends immediate lowering of blood pressure in patients who present with “hypertensive urgency” (acute severe hypertension without acute target-organ damage). We are concerned that this recommendation is not consistent wit...