Hisazumi Matsuki, Taku Genma, Shintaro Mandai, Tamami Fujiki, Yutaro Mori, Fumiaki Ando, Takayasu Mori, Koichiro Susa, Soichiro Iimori, Shotaro Naito, Eisei Sohara, Tatemitsu Rai, Kiyohide Fushimi, Shinichi Uchida
BACKGROUND: Despite increasing incidences of hypertension, recent trends in mortality and urgent dialysis following acute hypertension (AHT) remain undetermined. METHODS: This retrospective observational cohort study evaluated 50 316 hospitalized AHT patients from 2010 to 2019, using an administrative claims database in Japan. We examined trends in incidence, urgent dialysis, mortality, and its risk factors using Poisson regression models. Using ICD-10 codes, AHT was categorized into 5 spectrums: malignant hypertension ( n =1792), hypertensive emergency ( n =17 907), hypertensive urgency ( n =1562), hypertensive encephalopathy ( n =6593), and hypertensive heart failure (HHF; n =22 462)...
October 11, 2023: Hypertension