Keywords

hypertension, hypertensive crisis, hypertensive urgency, primary care

Authors

1. Benenson, Irina DNP, FNP-C
2. Bradshaw, Molly J. DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, WHNP-BC

Abstract

Abstract: Patients who present to an outpatient office with hypertensive urgency-or severely elevated BP without evidence of acute target organ damage-can be safely treated in the ambulatory setting by initiating or reestablishing long-acting oral antihypertensive medications, addressing medication nonadherence, and reviewing precipitating factors.