Lourenço Sofia, Murinello António, Loureiro Conceição, Carvalho Fernanda, Colarinho Paula, Ataíde Mónica, Coimbra Elia
Serviço de Medicina Interna 1, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisboa, Portugal.
Rev Port Cardiol. 2008 Mar;27(3):373-9.
Hypertensive crises are frequent in the emergency room. The term covers a group of syndromes that have in common high blood pressure. When accompanied by acute organ damage, it is known as a hypertensive emergency, as opposed to a hypertensive urgency, in which there is no such damage. One specific type of emergency is malignant hypertension, in which there are exudates and/or retinal hemorrhages or papilledema. Besides effective and prompt treatment, it is mandatory to screen for secondary causes of the hypertension. We present the case of a 40-year-old patient, with no previous history of hypertension, who was admitted for malignant hypertension. In this article we review the pathophysiology, clinical aspects and prognosis of this condition.
高血压急症在急诊室很常见。该术语涵盖了一组以高血压为共同特征的综合征。当伴有急性器官损害时,称为高血压急症,与之相对的是高血压亚急症,即不存在此类损害的情况。一种特殊类型的急症是恶性高血压,其特征为有渗出物和/或视网膜出血或视乳头水肿。除了有效且迅速的治疗外,筛查高血压的继发性病因也是必不可少的。我们介绍了一例40岁、既往无高血压病史、因恶性高血压入院的患者。在本文中,我们回顾了该疾病的病理生理学、临床特征及预后。