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Management of hypertensive crisis

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Antihypertensive Therapy
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Hypertensive crisis may result from a variety of causes. These include eclampsia, acute nephritis, misuse of anesthetic equipment in the operating theater, administration of vasopressor drugs, and malignant hypertension.

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Lee, R.E. (1966). Management of hypertensive crisis. In: Gross, F. (eds) Antihypertensive Therapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49737-7_20

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