Hypertensive Crisis with Dr. Travis Huffman
Dr. Travis Huffman gives a quick overview of Hypertensive Crisis, Hypertensive Urgency vs. Hypertensive Emergency and management of both Markedly elevated BP and HTN Emergency/Crisis.
SHOW NOTES:
2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACMP/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMS/PCNA Guidelines for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines, Paul K. Whelton et al, 2017. Hypertension. 07.01.2018; 71:e13-e115
Evaluation and treatment of hypertensive emergencies in adults, William J. Elliot et al, 2017. UptoDate. 12.08.2017
Travis Huffman, D.O.
Dr. Travis Huffman is a PGY 2 resident in the University of Louisville Internal Medicine Residency Program.
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