Current hypertension reports
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Curr. Hypertens. Rep. · Jul 2016
ReviewAsking the Patient or Measuring Blood Pressure in the Emergency Department: Which One is Best?
Blood pressure (BP) is obtained at the emergency department (ED) in the vast majority of patients; irrespective of chief complaint, and elevated BP, above the threshold for hypertension, is a common observation. In this review, we address the predictive value of measured BP in the ED compared to that of a history of hypertension in patients with chief complaints related to cardiovascular disease. ⋯ In stroke, there is a U-shaped relation between admission BP and outcome. A history of hypertension is common among stroke patients but does not seem to provide any predictive value in the ED.