症例 challenge · Cardiology / Emergency · teaching

Hypertensive Emergency — Management Pathway · case challenge

Given a case, work through the care pathway step by step; the tool checks each choice and scores you. Decisions and basis are taken from this site's reviewed care pathways.

← View the full flowchartBased on 2017 ACC/AHA

Case #1Cardiology / Emergency

📋 Case data

Acute target-organ damage?Target-organ damage (emergency)
Emergency · special situation?Special situation (dissection/eclampsia/pheo/stroke)

Data is taken from this pathway's reviewed node text. Work through the pathway step by step.

Step 1 / 2 · Acute target-organ damage?

Severe hypertension (often >180/120) with acute target-organ damage?

💡 Target-organ damage: hypertensive encephalopathy, acute stroke, ACS, acute LV failure/pulmonary edema, aortic dissection, acute kidney injury, pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, papilledema. Damage present = hypertensive emergency; no damage = 'markedly elevated BP / urgency'.

For teaching. Decisions and their basis are taken from this site's reviewed care pathways; for licensed clinicians/trainees, this does not replace clinical judgment or local protocols.