Approach to a patient with hypertensive urgency in the primary care setting

Abstract: Patients who present to an outpatient office with hypertensive urgency—or severely elevated BP without evidence of acute target organ damage—can be safely treated in the ambulatory setting by initiating or reestablishing long-acting oral antihypertensive medications, addressing medication nonadherence, and reviewing precipitating factors.
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: HYPERTENSION Source Type: research