Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events After Emergency Department Visits for Hypertensive Urgency.

Background: Chronic hypertension is an established long-term risk factor for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs). However, little is known about short-term MACE risk after hypertensive urgency, defined as an episode of acute severe hypertension without evidence of target-organ damage. We sought to evaluate the short-term risk of MACE after an emergency department (ED) visit for hypertensive urgency resulting in discharge to home.

Misdiagnosis of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome in the Emergency Department.

Background Cerebrovascular dysregulation syndromes, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS), are challenging to diagnose because they are rare and require advanced neuroimaging for confirmation. We sought to estimate PRES/RCVS misdiagnosis in the emergency department and its associated factors. Methods and Results We conducted a retrospective cohort study of PRES/RCVS patients using administrative claims data from 11 states (2016-2018).

The Code I16.0 Accurately Identifies Patients with Hypertensive Urgency.

Objective: Hypertensive urgency, defined as acutely elevated BP without target organ damage, is associated with an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events and accounts for a substantial proportion of national emergency department (ED) visits. To advance research in this space, we sought to validate the new diagnostic code for hypertensive urgency within a single healthcare system.

Methods: We performed a retrospective chart-review study of ED encounters at Weill Cornell Medicine from 2016 â€" 2021.

Tissue-Based Thrombolysis for Wake-Up Stroke With Basilar Artery Occlusion: A Case Report.

Stroke from basilar artery occlusion is associated with a poor natural history with high rates of death and disability. Intravenous thrombolysis administered within 4.5 hours of last known well time improves the odds of a good neurological outcome after ischemic stroke, including in patients with basilar artery occlusion.

Risk of Intracerebral Hemorrhage after Emergency Department Discharges for Hypertension.

Background: Recent literature suggests that acute rises in blood pressure may precede intracerebral hemorrhage. We therefore hypothesized that patients discharged from the emergency department with hypertension face an increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage in subsequent weeks.

Methods: Using administrative claims data from California, New York, and Florida, we identified all patients discharged from the emergency department from 2005 to 2011 with a primary diagnosis of hypertension (ICD-9-CM codes 401-405).

Retropharyngeal phlegmon in a hemodialysis patient with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is a frequent occurrence in patients with indwelling catheters. Endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and septic arthritis are common metastatic complications. A hemodialysis patient developed fever, headache, neck pain, sore throat, and dysphagia in the setting of S.