Open AccessApproach to a patient with hypertensive urgency in the primary care setting
Author(s) -
Irina Benenson,
Molly J. Bradshaw
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the nurse practitioner
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-8662
pISSN - 0361-1817
DOI - 10.1097/01.npr.0000790500.51146.ec
Subject(s) - medicine , ambulatory , ambulatory care , primary care , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , family medicine , health care , economics , economic growth
Patients who present to an outpatient office with hypertensive urgency-or severely elevated BP without evidence of acute target organ damage-can be safely treated in the ambulatory setting by initiating or reestablishing long-acting oral antihypertensive medications, addressing medication nonadherence, and reviewing precipitating factors.
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