TABLE 22-29
| 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 |