Paroxysmal hypertension: Difference between revisions
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| '''Drug Side Effect''' | | '''Drug Side Effect''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Amphetamine]], [[Cocaine]], [[Lysergic acid diethylamide]], [[Tyrosine]] ingestion combined with [[monoamine oxidase inhibitors]] | ||
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| '''Endocrine''' | | '''Endocrine''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Hyperthyroidism]], [[Pheochromocytoma]] | ||
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| '''Hematologic''' | | '''Hematologic''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Mastocytosis]] | ||
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| '''Neurologic''' | | '''Neurologic''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Brain tumor]], [[Cluster headache]], [[Intracranial hemorrhage]], [[Lateral medulla compression]], [[Migraine headache]], [[Seizures]], [[Stroke ]] | ||
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| '''Oncologic''' | | '''Oncologic''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Carcinoid]], [[Pheochromocytoma]], [[Brain tumor]] | ||
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| '''Overdose / Toxicity''' | | '''Overdose / Toxicity''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Amphetamine]], [[Cocaine]], [[Lysergic acid diethylamide]], [[Tyrosine]] ingestion combined with [[monoamine oxidase inhibitors]] | ||
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| '''Psychiatric''' | | '''Psychiatric''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Anxiety]], [[Factitious hypertension]] | ||
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| '''Renal / Electrolyte''' | | '''Renal / Electrolyte''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Renovascular hypertension]] | ||
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| '''Trauma''' | | '''Trauma''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Traumatic brain injury]] | ||
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| '''Miscellaneous''' | | '''Miscellaneous''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Pseudopheochromocytoma]], [[Factitious hypertension]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:42, 19 August 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Paroxysmal hypertension is episodic high blood pressure.
Classification
Patients with paroxysmal hypertension who test negative for phaeochromocytoma are said to be suffering from pseudophaechromocytoma,[1] a disorder with no known cause.
Causes
Common Causes
Causes by Organ System
Cardiovascular | Baroreflex failure, Factitious hypertension |
Chemical / poisoning | No underlying causes |
Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
Drug Side Effect | Amphetamine, Cocaine, Lysergic acid diethylamide, Tyrosine ingestion combined with monoamine oxidase inhibitors |
Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
Endocrine | Hyperthyroidism, Pheochromocytoma |
Environmental | No underlying causes |
Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
Genetic | No underlying causes |
Hematologic | Mastocytosis |
Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
Musculoskeletal / Ortho | No underlying causes |
Neurologic | Brain tumor, Cluster headache, Intracranial hemorrhage, Lateral medulla compression, Migraine headache, Seizures, Stroke |
Nutritional / Metabolic | No underlying causes |
Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
Oncologic | Carcinoid, Pheochromocytoma, Brain tumor |
Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
Overdose / Toxicity | Amphetamine, Cocaine, Lysergic acid diethylamide, Tyrosine ingestion combined with monoamine oxidase inhibitors |
Psychiatric | Anxiety, Factitious hypertension |
Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
Renal / Electrolyte | Renovascular hypertension |
Rheum / Immune / Allergy | No underlying causes |
Sexual | No underlying causes |
Trauma | Traumatic brain injury |
Urologic | No underlying causes |
Dental | No underlying causes |
Miscellaneous | Pseudopheochromocytoma, Factitious hypertension |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Amphetamine
- Anxiety
- Baroreflex failure
- Brain tumor
- Carcinoid
- Cluster headache
- Cocaine
- Factitious hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Intracranial hemorrhage
- Lateral medulla compression
- Lysergic acid diethylamide
- Mastocytosis
- Migraine headache
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pseudophaechromocytoma[2]
- Renovascular hypertension
- Traumatic brain injury
- Tyrosine ingestion combined with monoamine oxidase inhibitors
- Seizures
- Stroke
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
- Some cases can result in hypertensive encephalopathy