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Racial and Disaggregated Ethnic Disparities of Blood Pressure Control in Community Health Centers [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Hypertension is the most prevalent reversible risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Blood pressure (BP) control (<130/80 systolic/diastolic) is poor nationally, and is inequitable by race/ethnicity, with minimal understanding of the differences within Latino patients by country of origin.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

All kids with hypertensive emergency need ICU-level care. Upon entering the room, you find the patients nurse at the bedside already in mid-conversation with the patients parent. However, the presence of end-organ damage is the defining feature of a hypertensive emergency, rather than the absolute blood pressure value alone.