Introduction: Hypertensive crisis and hypertensive emergency are urgent medical conditions characterized by severely elevated blood pressure levels, often exceeding systolic values of 180 mmHg and/or diastolic 120 mmHg. The acute outcomes in patients with orthostatic hypotension include an increased risk cerebrovascular events, such as ischemic hemorrhagic strokes, well myocardial infarction.&#...

Financial crises are linked to large output declines, but the potential links between different types of crises remains unclear. To enhance understanding we study the interdependencies between domestic banking crises, on one hand, and external financial crises, including currency and sudden stop crises, on the other in a quarterly global panel. We further ask how the different crises relate to ...

In this atypical case resulting in death, the first sign of the hyperadrenergic state was STEACS. Pheochromocytoma crises resembling AMI have been reported. The abnormalities were explained in terms of severe coronary vasospasm, direct myocardial damage by catecholamines, and increased oxygen uptake as a result of tachycardia and increased afterload. Characteristically, the abnormalities were t...

mirtazapine is a new antidepressant that can increase noradrenergic and serotonergic neurotransmission. it is also a postsynaptic antagonist of 5-ht2 and 5-ht3. in addition, it has only a weak affinity for 5-ht1 receptors and has very weak muscarinic anticholinergic and histamine (h1) antagonist properties. we report a case of hypertensive urgency that ensued after a patient took a single low d...

Hypertension in pregnancy is a major cause of maternal and fetal morbi dity.! Preeclampsia, eclampsia, intrauterine growth retardation, and perinatal mortality are adverse effects associated with hypertension. Approxi mately 10 percent of pregnant women are at risk for complications attributable to high arterial blood pressure," Although the treatment of hypertension reduces the maternal risks....

Hypertensive crisis refers to a syndrome characterized by severe BP elevation associated with imminent risks to the patient (1,2). It is a common clinical problem and accounts for 27.5% of all medical emergencies presenting to the emergency department (3). It is useful to distinguish between hypertensive emergencies (Table 1 ), in which BP should be lowered within minutes, and hypertensive urge...

The abruptness and virulence of the 1997 Asian crises have led many to claim that these crises are of a new breed and thus they were unforecastable. This paper examines 102 financial crises in 20 countries and concludes that the Asian crises are not of a new variety. Overall, the 1997 Asian crises, as well as previous crises in other regions, occur when the economies are in distress, making the...