Emergency Department Blood Pressure Treatment and Outcomes in Adults Presenting with Severe Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with severe hypertension defined as a systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥180 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) or diastolic (DBP) ≥120 (mm Hg) without evidence of acute end-organ damage are often deemed high risk and treated acutely in the ED. However, there is a dearth of evidence from large studies with long-term follow-up for the assessment of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). We conducted the largest study to date of patients presenting with severe hypertension to identify predictors of MACE and examine whether blood pressure at discharge is associated with heightened risk.

Methods

We enrolled ED patients with a SBP of 180-220 mm Hg but without signs of end-organ damage and followed them for one year. Th

SUBMITTER: Chaudhry F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11418874 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature