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ROGER K. FERGUSON, MD; PETER H. VLASSES, PHARMD

Arch Intern Med. 1989;149(2):257-258.

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Public health efforts over the past 20 years to detect and to treat elevated arterial pressure have resulted in a sharp decrease in the prevalence of accelerated or malignant hypertension. As a result, the presentation See also p 260. of patients with hypertensive "emergencies," ie, situations requiring hospitalization and immediate blood pressure reduction with parenteral medications, is an uncommon event.¹ In recent years, the term hypertensive "urgency" has evolved denoting a situation where a marked elevation in blood pressure (eg, 130 mm Hg diastolic), though not associated with immediate endorgan damage, is believed to require reduction within 24 hours to minimize potential patient risk.² In this issue of the ARCHIVES, Jaker and colleagues³ describe their comparison of nifedipine and clonidine in the treatment of urgent hypertension in an inner city emergency room. Their study is rare in that it applied a double-blind, randomized treatment design in this . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Department of Internal Medicine University of Nevada School of Medicine Reno, NV 89557; Division of Clinical Pharmacology Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA 19107

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