Key result
Hypertensive crisis affects ~17% of hypertension patients with no factors linked to hypertensive emergency.
Why the study?
Hypertensive crisis is characterized by poorly controlled hypertension leading to unfavorable outcomes and high healthcare utilization, but its prevalence, clinical characteristics, and associated factors are not well defined.
Population
3,329 patients ≥18 years with hypertension receiving care in a tertiary hospital from 2020 to 2022
Comparison
Hypertensive emergency vs hypertensive urgency
Design
Cross-sectional study using hospital information system data
Authors
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Hypertensive crises warrant vigilance in tertiary hypertension care; cross-sectional data leaves open predictors of emergency and requires prospective validation.
Cross-Sectional (n=3,329)
No
Hypertensive crises occurred in 17.33% of hypertensive patients in a tertiary setting, mostly as urgency, with no specific factors identified as significantly associated with hypertensive emergency.
Chootong et al. (2023) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension (n=3,329). Hypertensive crisis was evaluated on Prevalence of hypertensive crisis. Among 3,329 patients with hypertension, 17.33% experienced a hypertensive crisis (16.64% urgency, 0.69% emergency), with no factors significantly associated with hypertensive emergency.