Complication Hypertension Patients Presentation 
Canadian Family Physician
APRIL 14, 2025
Known complications of metabolic syndrome and advanced liver disease are often present at the time of diagnosis. Subtle differences are present among patients diagnosed with SLD. Diagnosis relies on noninvasive tests. Practitioners should be aware of a flux in terminology of SLD.
PEMBlog
MAY 28, 2025
In pediatric patients, complications can evolve rapidly and carry significant morbidity and mortality. Below is a focused overview of key lupus-related emergencies, with attention to ED-relevant presentations, diagnostics, and treatment strategies. Spot urine protein:creatinine ratio provides rapid assessment of proteinuria.
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Vascular Physician
APRIL 22, 2024
Understanding High Blood Pressure High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a common medical condition in which blood pressure flows through the arteries with a force that is consistently higher than normal. Unfortunately, high blood pressure does not always present with symptoms that are noticeable by the patient.
The Clinical Problem Solvers
FEBRUARY 9, 2020
Likelihood ratios (LRs), which help us determine how a test changes the probability of a disease, are defined as: For example, say 60% of patients with aortic stenosis have a systolic ejection murmur best heard over the aortic valve area, and only 10% of patients without aortic stenosis have that same murmur.
The Clinical Problem Solvers
MAY 14, 2020
No prior history of atrial fibrillation – just hypertension and diabetes. Had the ED not ordered a chest CT, would I have tested this patient for COVID-19? The patient I saw with atrial fibrillation and RVR likely wouldn’t even have merited testing in early March, yet he clearly had the disease in mid April.
GeriPal
MAY 11, 2023
A lot of these are more vascular risk factors: hypertension, certainly; diabetes; obesity. But I would say that in terms of education, it’s really complicated because it’s so confounded by socioeconomic status and so many social determinants of health. AlexSmithMD Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.
PEMBlog
JUNE 2, 2025
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.
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