Hypertension

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Daily-note bank — change-of-condition / at-risk days

Scenario

Model daily note (edit to the shift)

Hypertensive urgency

BP 196/108 with headache — antihypertensive per parameters, recheck 172/96, provider notified, further orders, target-organ monitoring, representative notified; reassess; supports Section N.

Over-treatment/hypotension

BP 96/56 with lightheadedness and a near-fall after the dose — next dose held per parameters, fall precautions, provider notified, orthostatics obtained, adjustment ordered; reassess; supports Section N.

Hypertensive emergency/stroke

BP 210/120 with a new neurologic deficit — stroke/transfer pathway activated, EMS/transfer, provider and representative notified, time last-known-well documented; serial vitals documented. (Neurological reference.)

Linked disease-specific scenarios

Base cardiac exam, arrhythmia, and ACS route to the Cardiovascular reference; stroke and neurologic change route to the Neurological reference; hypertensive renal effects route to the Genitourinary/Renal reference; heart-failure interplay routes to the CHF overlay.

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