Preferred Name | Hypertensive Encephalopathy | |
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http://www.pepathway.org/peo/1.2#Hypertensive_Encephalopathy |
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Brain dysfunction or damage resulting from sustained MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION. When BLOOD PRESSURE exceeds the limits of cerebral autoregulation, cerebral blood flow is impaired (BRAIN ISCHEMIA). Clinical manifestations include HEADACHE; NAUSEA; VOMITING; SEIZURES; altered mental status (in some cases progressing to COMA); PAPILLEDEMA; and RETINAL HEMORRHAGE. |
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Hypertensive Encephalopathy |
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peo2:Hypertensive_Encephalopathy |
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Hypertensive Encephalopathy |
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Encephalopathy, Hypertensive |
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