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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

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Upon entering the room, you find the patients nurse at the bedside already in mid-conversation with the patients parent. In pediatric patients, this condition should be considered when blood pressure exceeds the 95th percentile for age, height, and sex by more than 30 mm Hg, or reaches levels above 180/120 mm Hg in older adolescents.