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| Domain | Definition |
Health | Brain dysfunction or damage resulting from malignant hypertension, usually associated with a diastolic blood pressure in excess of 125 mmHg. Clinical manifestations include headache, nausea, emesis, seizures, altered mental status (in some cases progressing to coma), papilledema, and retinal hemorrhage. Focal neurologic signs may develop. Pathologically, this condition may be associated with the formation of ischemic lesions in the brain (brain ischemia). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hypertensive encephalopathy | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | hypertensiv encephalopati. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | hypertensive encephalopathy, hypertensie-encefalopathie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | encéphalopathie hypertensive. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | hypertone Enzephalopathie, Hypertensionsenzephalopathie, pseudourämisches Syndrom, enzephalopathisches Hypertensionssyndrom, Encephalopathia hypertensiva, eklamptische Urämie, akute Pseudourämie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπερτασική εγκεφαλοπάθεια. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | encefalopatia ipertensiva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ypertensivehay encephalopathyay encefalopatia hipertensiva. (various references) encefalopatía hipertensa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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