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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. Population: Adults 18+ years old with ≥1 primary care ambulatory visit in the network from 2012-2020, with at least one high-risk condition (heart, vascular, or chronic kidney disease, or diabetes).

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Episode 176: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 8 – Towards Justice and Race Conscious Medicine

The Clinical Problem Solvers

The New Press: 2012. The Slavery Hypertension Hypothesis: Dissemination and Appeal of a Modern Race Theory. The Clinical Problem Solvers Podcast. December 17, 2020. Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century. The problem with race-based medicine.” TEDMED 2015. Link to talk.

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #1: Mission: SPACE

PEMBlog

He also developed hypertension with bradycardia prompting surgical intervention. 7,1 (2012): 33-5. Symptoms typically evolve in the following days to weeks after rupture. Increased intracranial pressure is an indication for surgical intervention. This patient had a subsequent brain MRI that also revealed papilledema. doi:10.14791/btrt.2023.0013

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

All kids with hypertensive emergency need ICU-level care. Before your blood pressure rises as well, know that this PEMBlog article is here to provide an overview of the recognition and management of hypertensive emergencies. These neurological manifestations suggest hypertensive encephalopathy, a form of end-organ damage.