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Hypertension emergencies

19/09/2025 by Bob Dunn

A new page called Hypertension emergencies has been created. It now includes malignant hypertension and posterior reversible encephalopathy (PRES), which has been moved from the seizures page. Previous external links and bookmarks to these subjects will now be broken.

Categories Updates Tags Resuscitation
Venopathic intracranial hypertension
Hypertension key points

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Associate Professor Robert Dunn

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Associate Professor Meredith Borland
Dr Deborah O'Brien
Dr Stuart Dilley
Dr Jennifer Brookes
Associate Professor Deborah Leach

Formula of the day

Sodium dose (in mmol) necessary to raise the serum [Na+] to 125 mmol/L = (125 - Na) X body weight X 0.6

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God and the doctor we alike adore But only when in danger, not before; The danger o’er, both are alike requited, God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted. - John Owen

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