Hypertensive emergencies: Etiology and management

American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-31

  Tuncel, Meryem ^a   Ram, Venkata C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; COCAINE; DIAZOXIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ENALAPRILAT; ESMOLOL; FENOLDOPAM; HYDRALAZINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LABETALOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLDOPA; MINOXIDIL; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; MORPHINE; NICARDIPINE; NIFEDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PHENTOLAMINE; PRAZOSIN; TRIMETAPHAN; TYRAMINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AORTA DISSECTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECLAMPSIA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EYE DISEASE; FLUSHING; FOLLOW UP; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; MECONIUM ILEUS; NATRIURESIS; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE PERFUSION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DIURETICS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037280937     PISSN: 11753277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00129784-200303010-00003     Document Type: Review

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