Table 2.
Comparison of blood pressure in patients with and without hypertensive crisis on intravenous and per oral medications.
| Hypertensive crisis | No hypertensive crisis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 218 | N = 169 | |||||
| PO | IV | PO | IV | |||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P value | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P value | |
| N = 86 | N = 130 | N = 118 | N = 51 | |||
| SBP 0∗ | 195 (17) | 207 (17) | <0.001 | 156 (14) | 162 (10) | 0.01 |
| SBP discharge∗∗ | 151 (27) | 154 (23) | 0.56 | 141 (19) | 144 (19) | 0.31 |
| Drop in SBP∗∗∗ | 43 (27) | 53.1 (29) | 0.01 | 15 (21) | 17.6 (21) | 0.49 |
| DBP 0 | 103 (15) | 111 (17) | 0.001 | 87 (15) | 88 (14) | 0.62 |
| DBP discharge | 85 (19) | 85 (16) | 0.93 | 77 (11) | 79 (14) | 0.46 |
| Drop in DBP | 17.8 (22) | 25.8 (19) | 0.006 | 9.6 (a6) | 9.3 (15) | 0.90 |
∗SBP 0 is systolic blood pressure on admission to ER, ∗∗SBP discharge was systolic blood pressure at discharge from ER or shifting to ward, and ∗∗∗drop in SBP was SBP on admission to ER-SBP at discharge from ER.