Condition Info - BotMed Application

ConditionName

Hypertensive crisis

ConditionDescription

Symptoms

Confusion;
Severe chest pain (27%);
Severe headache (22%), accompanied by confusion and blurred vision;
Nausea and vomiting;
Severe anxiety;
Shortness of breath (22%);
Seizures;
Unresponsiveness;

PhysicalFindings

Blood pressure

ClinicalTests

ECG, urinalysis (RBC casts, proteinuria), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine;
if neurologic findings, head CT.

RiskFactors

Forgetting to take your blood pressure medication;
Stroke;
Heart attack;
Heart failure;
Kidney failure;
Rupture of your body's main artery (aorta);
Interaction between medications;
Convulsions during pregnancy (eclampsia);

IsRedFlag

IsNPLEX

Consequence

Cerebral infarction 24%;
Pulmonary edema 22%;
Hypertensive encephalopathy 16% --> order head CT;
Heart failure 12%;

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