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Chronic disease management among people with serious mental illness across rural, small urban, and metropolitan settings [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: People with serious mental illness (SMI) are at increased risk of complications and earlier death from comorbid chronic diseases, compared with patients without mental illness. These disparities may be related to differences in access to recommended chronic disease management.

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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.