Urgency or emergency – a report on hypertensive crisis with severe retinopathy

• Main Authors: Shalihin, Mohd Shaiful Ehsan, Che Yusoff, Mohd Daud
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2024
• Subjects: L Education (General); R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine; RC Internal medicine; RZ Other systems of medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/112368/2/112368_Urgency%20or%20emergency.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/112368/; https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/bjms/article/view/5068/3310; https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v18i2.5068

Hypertensive crisis is a common condition encountered in primary care clinics. It may result from uncontrolled hypertension or a known cardiovascular risk disease but may also be the first occurrence of undiagnosed secondary hypertension. However, there is confusion on the classification of whether...