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MENDOZA-GONZALEZ, Celso et al. Extreme elevation of the blood pressure (hypertensive crisis): recommendations for its clinical-therapeutic boarding. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2008, vol.78, suppl.2, pp.74-81. ISSN 1665-1731.

From beginnings of last century the hypertensive emergency was defined as the association of acutely elevation from the arterial pressure and the appearance of damage to end organ. At present is recognized the effects of the hypertensive emergency, the aspects of its patophysiology in which are included phenomenon of vaso-motricity and the participation of different substances with vasoactives properties. The clinical presentation includes not only the manifestations of the increase of the arterial pressure, the end organ damage too; for this reason the hypertensive emergency needs the immediate reduction of the arterial tension to prevent the damage to specific organs. The treatment in every case will have to be individualized, with a wide knowledge of the characteristics of every medicament to obtain the best results. The diagnosis and treatment of the hypertensive emergencies needs often of the attention of its complications if they have appeared and later, of a treatment of support for the arterial hypertension.

Palavras-chave : Hypertensive emergency; End organ; Acutely elevation of arterial pressure.

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