Valproate Induced Hypertensive Urgency

Valproate is a medication used in the treatment of seizures, bipolar disorder, migraines, and behavioral problems. Here we present a case of an 8-year-old boy who presented with hypertensive urgency after initiation of valproate. Primary treatment of his hypertension was ineffective. Blood pressure...

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Autores principales: Sivananthan, Mauran, Mohiuddin, Sarah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4925980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27403366
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1458548
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description Valproate is a medication used in the treatment of seizures, bipolar disorder, migraines, and behavioral problems. Here we present a case of an 8-year-old boy who presented with hypertensive urgency after initiation of valproate. Primary treatment of his hypertension was ineffective. Blood pressure stabilization was achieved following discontinuation of valproate. Clinicians should be aware of the risk of developing hypertensive urgency with administration of valproate.
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spelling pubmed-49259802016-07-11 Valproate Induced Hypertensive Urgency Sivananthan, Mauran Mohiuddin, Sarah Case Rep Psychiatry Case Report Valproate is a medication used in the treatment of seizures, bipolar disorder, migraines, and behavioral problems. Here we present a case of an 8-year-old boy who presented with hypertensive urgency after initiation of valproate. Primary treatment of his hypertension was ineffective. Blood pressure stabilization was achieved following discontinuation of valproate. Clinicians should be aware of the risk of developing hypertensive urgency with administration of valproate. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4925980/ /pubmed/27403366 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1458548 Text en Copyright © 2016 M. Sivananthan and S. Mohiuddin. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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