Admitted in ICU?

Question:

My friend is admitted in ICU because of severe hypertension. This is the first time this person has been diagnosed with hypertension. How severe can it be???

Please note i can't contact this person because of some social obstacles. Just worried and thinking what could be happening?? Please only serious answers.

Answers:
alot of times-people with severe hypertension are admitted to the icu so they can be more closely watched and given constant medication through an i.v-only the intensive care unit can administer constant blood pressure medication through an i.v b/c the nurse has to be watching the patient on a constant basis.

nurses in the icu can only have two patients at a time whereas nurses on other floors of the hospital can take up to 6 patients at a time-this is more beneficial for your friend to be in icu so he can be watched alot closer.

the doctors will run several tests to determine what is causing the hypertension-alot of heart tests in particular. things like an ekg (which records the electrical waves of the heart to determine if there is something wrong with them), a cardiac echo (which is an ultrasound that takes pictures of the inside of the heart-the chambers and the valves to see if there are problems residing there), and also blood tests.

i'm sorry you are not able to contact your friend but icu nurses are some of the most dedicated and experienced nurses in the medical field b/c most of their patients are severly injured or sick and it requires alot of skill to take care of them. i know b/c i am one. i wish your friend the best of luck and a speedy recovery...

http://www.kingstonpct.nhs.uk/_assets/documents/ORNGBOOK5severehypertensioninadults.pdf#search=%22severe%20hypertension%22

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