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All PAs will eventually encounter a concerning blood pressure. How high is too high? Is this an emergency or can it wait? This presentation will focus on point-of-care ultrasound to differentiate hypertensive urgency from emergency and briefly review the treatment of both conditions. This session is ideal for PAs in primary and acute care settings.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:
Differentiate between a hypertensive episode, hypertensive urgency, and hypertensive emergency
Describe the appropriate clinical evaluation of a patient with a hypertensive emergency
Identify the appropriate treatment for hypertensive emergencies
