Malignant hypertension

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• Synonyms

  • Accelerated hypertension

• Causes

  • Renal arteriosclerosis
  • Autonomic dysreflexia
  • Pre-eclampsia
  • Acute kidney injury

• Effects

  • Acute headache
  • Hypertensive encephalopathy
  • Retinal flame-shaped haemorrhage
  • Cotton wool exudate
  • Papilloedema
  • Intracerebral haemorrhage
  • Raised intracranial pressure
  • Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia
  • Renal ischaemia
  • Macular star
  • Clouding of vision

• Parents

  • Hypertension