how to cite this article: sharifian m. hypertensive encephalopathy. iran j child neurol 2012; 6(3):1-7. hypertension is called the silent killer and vital organs such as the brain, eyes,kidneys and the heart are the targets. seizure, central nervous system (cns)hemorrhage, and cerebrovascular accident (cva), blindness and heart attacksare the end points.the prevalence of hypertension in childre...

SEE CORRESPONDING ARTICLE ON PAGE 16 TAAR1-Dependent and -Independent Actions of Tyramine in Interaction With Glutamate Underlie Central Effects Monoamine Oxidase InhibitionBiological PsychiatryVol. 90Issue 1PreviewMonoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) exert therapeutic actions by elevating extracellular levels monoamines the brain. Irreversible MAOIs cause serious hypertensive crises owing to p...

to evaluate the value of random urinary protein creatinine ratio in prediction of 24h proteinuria in hypertensive pregnancies. method: random urine samples and routine 24h urine collections were collected from hypertensive pregnant women (n=100). reliability of random urinary protein-creatinine ratio was assessed by receiver operator characteristic (roc) curve to detect significant proteinuria ...

intravenous hydralazine is a commonly administered arteriolar vasodilator that is effective for hypertensive emergencies associated with pregnancy. oral nifedipine is an alternative in management of these patients. in this study the efficacy of nifedipine and hydralazine in pregnancy was compared in a group of iranian patients. fifty hypertensive pregnant women were enrolled in the study. a ran...

Article p. 387 Controlling the pulmonary vascular bed is key to the early management of infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) who have potential for excessive pulmonary blood flow or obstruction to blood egress from the lungs. Timing of surgical management has evolved to ensure that the hemodynamic consequences of excessive pulmonary blood flow or pulmonary venous hypertension do not tran...

The simultaneous determination of financial default and political crises is studied in an open economy model. Political crises accompany default in equilibrium because of an information transmission conflict between the government and the public. Multiple equilibria are possible: if foreign lenders are pessimistic about the country’s stability, they demand a high interest on the debt, exacerbat...