Pharmacotherapy
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To assess antihypertensive treatment practices and outcomes for patients with acute severe hypertension requiring hospitalization. ⋯ Pharmacologic treatment of acute severe hypertension in patients with nonneurologic causes is heterogeneous and often not consistent with Joint National Committee recommendations. Patients received numerous intravenous agents, experienced variable decreases in SBP, often failed to receive timely oral therapy, and a clinically relevant proportion developed hypotension.