title: [Hypertensive crises and emergencies: the concept and initial management].
abstract: The high prevalence of blood hypertension together with a deficient control, make this one of the frequent causes requiring urgent medical attention. The concepts are reviewed and the treatment of the hypertensive urgency and emergency are described. The term hypertensive emergency means a serious affliction of vital organs caused by the increased of blood pressure, this needing a very close control and parenteral treatment. Hypertensive urgency is a less severe situation, which requires a less aggressive via-oral or sublingual treatment.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Medicina de Urgencia, Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Madrid.
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: González Ramallo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muiño Miguez
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000075202:Contraindications; D003422:Critical Care; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
vernacular_title: Urgencias y emergencias hipertensivas: concepto y manejo inicial.