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Recognizing Hypertensive Crisis Video


Description

This video covers Hypertensive Crisis.  Hypertensive crisis refers to the condition where severe hypertension is causing end-organ damage, whereas hypertensive urgency occurs when a patient has significant hypertension without evidence of end-organ disease. The physician who is assessing a patient with a work-related condition who is found to have significant hypertension has the obligation to rule out a hypertensive crisis. 

Objectives

Course Objectives:
1. How to assess and appropriately differentiate between hypertensive urgency and hypertensive crisis
2. Be able to define the end-organ damage:  symptoms/signs of Pulmonary edema, CHF, unstable angina, encephalopathy, dissecting aortic aneurysm & eclampsis
3. What action to take when a patient presents a significantly elevated BP
4. Treatment of Hypertensive Crisis
5. Treatment of Hypertensive Urgency

 

Target Audience

Providers and other colleagues who need CME credit

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Time Requirement

Cost
OnLine Learning Qualifies for 0.5 CME credits 32.5 USD





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