Author/Editor     Švigelj, Viktor
Title     Zvišan krvni tlak in nujna stanja v nevrologiji
Translated title     Elevated blood pressure and emergency situations in neurology
Type     članek
Source     In: Gričar M, Vajd R, editors. Urgentna medicina: izbrana poglavja 2007. Zbornik 14. mednarodni simpozij o urgentni medicini; 2007 jun 20-23; Portorož. Ljubljana: Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino,
Publication year     2007
Volume     str. 141-8
Language     slo
Abstract     Elevated blood pressure is not a rare disease and is a silent killer. It is recognized by patients when the target organs, such as heart, brain and kidneys are involved or changes in blood vessels in the eyes or lower extremities have already been damaged. Injuries occurred usually many years after the onset ofelevated blood pressure. Sudden elevation of blood pressure can also provoke reversible injury of the target organ, such as hypertensive encephalopathy or sometimes irreversible damage such as intracerebral hemorrhage. However, elevated blood pressure can also be a sign of an intracranial incident, such as subarachnoid haemorrhage due to aneurysm rupture. The importance of timely and proper estimation of causes for blood pressure elevation is of utmost Importance for the treatment decision making, which is different when the target organ is not the brain. The author shortly presents the consequences of the malignant elevation of the blood pressure on brain vessels in patients with otherwise normal blood pressure and in patients with chronically elevated blood pressure.