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TABLE 22-29.  FEATURES OF SEVERE HYPERTENSION
Blood pressure
Above the 99.9th percentile or increasing rapidly
Neurologic
Focal or generalized seizures, localizing signs, isolated facial nerve palsy, headaches
Visual
Blurred vision, papilledema, retinal hemorrhages and exudates, constriction of retinal arteries
Cardiac
Left ventricular hypertrophy, pulmonary edema
Renal
Severe back or abdominal pain, abdominal or renal masses or bruits, decreasing renal function