ArticleIntegrated blood pressure control2020
Prevalence of Hypertensive Emergency and Associated Factors Among Hospitalized Patients with Hypertensive Crisis: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Clinical Outcomes in Hypertensive Emergency: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Pooled it
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- Hypertensive crisis: Insights into prevalence and associated factors at a tertiary care facility in Zambia.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Hypertensive crisis and its predictors in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis, 2024.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2024Review
- An Assessment of the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypertensive Crisis in Patients Who Visited the Emergency Outpatient Department (EOPD) at Adama Hospital Medical College, Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia: A 6-Month Prospective Study.International journal of hypertension · 2024Article
- Proposal of a Modified Classification of Hypertensive Crises: Urgency, Impending Emergency, and Emergency.Current vascular pharmacology · 2024Review
- Determinants of hypertensive crisis among hypertensive patients at adult emergency departments of public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021: a case-control study.International journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- In-hospital mortality and length of stay of patients with hypertensive crisis treated at public hospitals in Harari Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2023Article
- Characteristics and factors associated with hypertensive crisis: a cross-sectional study in patients with hypertension receiving care in a tertiary hospital.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Gender Disparities in Hypertensive Emergency Admissions: A National Retrospective Cohort Study.Cureus · 2023Article
- In-hospital outcomes of patients with a hypertensive emergency at a medical center, Ethiopia: A prospective observational study.Health science reports · 2022Article
- Treatment Outcome and Associated Factors Among Patients Admitted with Hypertensive Crisis in Public Hospitals at Harar Town, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Integrated blood pressure control · 2022Article
- Hypertensive Emergencies in the Ambulance: Characteristics, Clinical Presentations and Complications - A Prospective Cohort Study.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundHypertensive emergency (HE) is an acute stage of uncontrolled blood pressure which poses a substantial cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In our setting, the prevalence of HE and the characteristics of patients with a hypertensive crisis are not certainly known yet.
objectiveThe study assessed the prevalence of hypertensive emergency and associated factors among hospitalized patients with hypertensive crisis.
methodsA retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted by reviewing records of patients having a diagnosis of hypertensive crisis with systolic/diastolic blood pressure raised to more than 180/120 mmHg admitted to Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital (ACSH) from September 2018 to August 2019. Patients' medical records with complete information were enrolled consecutively. Socio-demographic, clinical characteristics, and other related variables were collected using a structured data collection tool from patient medical records. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Logistic regression was employed to determine factors associated with HE.
resultsA total of 141 patients' records with a diagnosis of a hypertensive crisis were enrolled in the study; the majority were females 77 (54.6%) and residing in the urban setting 104 (73.8%). The mean age of the participants was 58.8 years. HE was found in 42 (29.8%) of patients. Intravenous Hydralazine 39 (27.7%) and oral calcium channel blocker 102 (72.3%) were the prescribed drugs for acute blood pressure reduction in the emergency setting. Surprisingly, patients who had no history of hypertension (adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=2.469; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.176‒0.933) and female sex (AOR=2.494; 95% CI: 1.111‒5.596) were found to be independently associated factors with HE.
conclusionThe prevalence of HE was found to account a significant proportion of patients. Hence, hypertensive patients should be strictly managed accordingly, and promoting screening programs could reduce the risk of target organ damage.
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