TABLE 22-23
| TABLE 22-23. CAUSES OF HYPERTENSION (OFTEN ACUTE) ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER DISORDERS |
Nervous system disorders Encephalitis, meningitis Raised intracranial pressure After intracranial surgery or cranial trauma Poliomyelitis; Guillain-Barre syndrome Familial dysautonomia Severe emotional stress |
Acute renal disease Acute glomerulonephritis Hemolytic-uremic syndrome Acute pyelonephritis Renal vein thrombosis Vasculitides Transplant rejection |
Metabolic disorders Hypernatremia Hypercalcemia Acute intermittent porphyria Steroid ingestion (contraceptive pills with estrogen, anabolic steroids, therapeutic) |
Drug abuse Cocaine, amphetamines, phencyclidine |
Hypervolemia |
Miscellaneous Bronchopulmonary dysplasia Preeclampsia Stevens-Johnson syndrome Leukemia Mercury or lead poisoning Burns Prolonged bed rest and traction Hypervitaminosis A or D Congenital rubella Pseudoxanthoma elasticum Genitourinary tract surgery Closure of abdominal wall defects Familial chloride-losing enteropathy Cyclic vomiting Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation |
Syndromes Turner syndrome Williams syndrome Cushing syndrome |