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Management of hypertensive crises remains poor despite guidelines, with urgencies frequently inappropriately treated with intravenous agents and true emergencies overtreated causing complications.
Despite existing guidelines, hypertensive crises are frequently mismanaged, highlighting a need for better differentiation and appropriate treatment of hypertensive urgencies versus emergencies.
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Persistent mismanagement of hypertensive crises warrants caution in urgency-emergency differentiation; leaves open effective implementation strategies.
Marik et al. (2011) conducted a review in Hypertensive emergencies. Intravenous antihypertensive agents was evaluated. Management of hypertensive crises remains poor despite guidelines, with urgencies frequently inappropriately treated with intravenous agents and true emergencies overtreated causing complications.
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