Hypertensive Crisis

Management of severely elevated blood pressure (emergency/urgency).

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP (General Practitioner)
Last reviewed: 21 October 2025
Emergency MedicineCardiologyCritical Care

Clinical Guidelines

CKS: Hypertension
National
NICE guideline [NG136]: Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management
National
2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults
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2020 International Society of Hypertension Global Hypertension Practice Guidelines
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ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 203: Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy
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Committee Opinion, Number 692, April 2017, Emergent Therapy for Acute-Onset, Severe Hypertension During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
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Guideline No. 426: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention
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Management of hypertensive crisis: British and Irish Hypertension Society position statement
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Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7)
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