The 2007 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part 1- blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk. Could he actually have a pseudopheochromocytoma after the pheochromocytoma removal? ), University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr Carey: He stated that he had stopped using it, but he might have actually continued it. A subpopulation of small hyperchromatic cells (denoted by the arrow) known as sustentacular cells is present at the periphery of the individual nests. See the separate Hypertension and Hypertension in Pregnancy articles. d. After resolution of the BP fluctuations, the patient had non–ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction with a troponin level of 0.85 that was managed by a β-blocker (metoprolol 25 mg BID) for rate control and anticoagulation with warfarin and a heparin bridge. The purpose of our study was to compare BP measurement in 2 positions: the standard position described above, and the examination table position in which the patient is seated on the edge of the table with back, arms, and feet unsupported. European Society of Hypertension position paper on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Dr Roush: George Roush from New York University. Prof Dominiczak: Okay. Dr Luther: I agree with Dr Carey and many of Dr Basile’s comments. Automated oscillometric and aneroid sphygmomanometers are common BP measurement devices. Hypertension cases studies f with interactive practice. I just wonder if it is possible to know whether that contributed to his complications. Clinical assessment of blood pressure. We conducted this study to describe clinical, functional, radiologic, and hemodynamic characteristics and outcome of patients with NF1-associated PH. We’ll refer to this as the “standard position.” Although the proper technique for measuring BP has been widely advocated, a recent literature review for the US Preventive Services Task Force concluded that surprisingly few studies are available on the diagnostic accuracy of office BP practices.9, One paper evaluated the effect of leg crossing on accuracy of BP measurement. A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. JAMA. Dr Basile: Jan Basile from Charleston. Numerous capillaries filled with red cells were also observed. Before testing began, we estimated the standard deviation of each aneroid sphygmomanometer and the assigned observer by repeatedly measuring the BP of a healthy normotensive individual sitting in the standard position. They should not be on narcotics. Elevating the head of the bed lessens the risk of supine hypertension, and blood pressure should be measured in this position. Head, eyes, ears, nose and throat: the fundi were not examined, neck veins were <5 cm above the right atrium, carotid pulses were 2+ bilateral without bruit, and neck was supple without cervical or supraclavicular lymphadenopathy. Saving You Time. We followed the BP measurement guidelines of the AHA. Because he knew he would then have insurance. 2011 May. This suggests that an anatomic structure put pressure on the tumor. Hypertension. This document contains additional resources and references where more information can be found for each action step. Logistic regression using relevant clinical factors did not identify those individuals who were misclassified. Obviously, this is not a patient with just essential hypertension, and you have to think about secondary causes. Cardiac: palpitations, irregular heartbeat. 6 Genetics and Hypertension. Prof Dominiczak: Right, absolutely, and we discussed this just before the session that genetic testing is now an obligation. All rights reserved. They need understanding and reassurance, but they often have panic attacks and hyperanxiousness. Adult patients, ages 18 and older, were informed about the study and invited to participate. I just wonder could we think about some unusual paraneoplastic syndromes in this patient? The patient had 3 siblings with no medical problems. Bailey RH, Bauer JH. Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery (M.J.H. He was on his back more overnight and for longer hours instead of turning left and right. The prone position will place pressure on the chest and decrease chest expansion. For the first time in nearly 15 years, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has updated its position statement on the screening and diagnosis of hypertension in patients with diabetes. Dr Basile: I would refer everyone to the New England Journal of Medicine review article by Neumann et al3 that just came out on paraganglioma and pheochromocytoma because it talks extensively about the importance of a genetic workup. This was the first question. Prof Dominiczak: Right, this is fantastic. The urine drug detection screen for illicit drugs was negative for amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methadone, and opiates. 1995;26:1204-1206. MDedge: Keeping You Informed. Chobanian AV, Bakris GL, Black HR, et al. The patient had episodes of atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular rate and intermittent premature atrial contraction with a maximum HR of 160 bpm that were managed by an amiodarone drip. ... Review the patient history and auscultate using a virtual manikin. What is the renal function, proteinuria, left ventricular hypertrophy by electrocardiography or echo, and has he sustained any of the trophic effects of intermittent sympathetic output overdrive? Hypertension in patients with specific co-morbidities. Did you perform an autopsy on the patient? I have followed patients with pseudopheochromocytoma. 9. This patient did not have heart failure symptoms that sometimes accompany it, but I would not entirely remove it from the differential. His mother had hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus. Prof Dominiczak: Tachycardia and palpitations and all these things. Extremities: no cyanosis, clubbing, or peripheral edema. Monitor supine blood pressure prior to and during treatment and more frequently when increasing doses. Short-term BP variability is associated with an increased risk of left ventricular hypertrophy, target organ damage, and cardiovascular events.5–7 Long-term BP variability is also associated with stroke, coronary heart disease, a poor cardiovascular prognosis, and an increased mortality risk.8–10. Ann Intern Med. For additional quantities, please contact sales@acog.org or call toll-free from U.S.: (800) 762-2264 or (240) 547-2156 (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Regarding reporting and accuracy, and how the patient perceived it. Dr Dudenbostel: He reported experiencing them nightly at times but then sometimes just 3 times a year. Can J Cardiol. Further, the patient reported that he had discontinued all his medications after surgery. The diagnosis of hypertension is based on indirect measurement of BP using in-office, ambulatory, or home monitoring. The patient worked as a carpenter, making furniture and musical instruments, and reported also having these episodes while working. The carpal tunnel syndrome was surgically treated, while the chronic pain syndrome was managed with hydrocodone/acetaminophen. Another 18 patients declined participation, leaving 204 who completed the protocol. Dr Young: Okay. The thyroid was normal in size and consistency. If a patient is placed in Trendelenburg position, shoulder braces should not be used as the risk of compressive injury to the brachial plexus is significant. Hypertension affects hundreds of millions of subjects worldwide and currently represents a major public health issue in the agenda of all developed countries. In type 2 diabetes, hypertension is often present as part of the metabolic syndrome of insulin resistance also including central obesity and dyslipidemia. Peters GL, Binder SK, Campbell NR. I am referring to the fact that he had paroxysms in certain positions only. In patients aged ≥80 years, pharmaceutical anti-hypertensive treatment is commenced if SBP is ≥160 mmHg and the comorbidity burden is low. The portal vein is a major vein that leads to the liver. 15. The patient wanted to make sure that his labs were very high on the biochemical diagnostic testing. Severe paroxysmal hypertension (pseudopheochromocytoma): understanding the cause and treatment. b. Dr Carey: They have not changed in character at all during that period? The stress test was negative. Skin: warm and dry without rashes; no skin lesions. The differential diagnoses for positional hypertension include dysautonomia, vascular adrenergic hypersensitivity, renal artery stenosis, aortitis, and pheochromocytoma. The chest computed tomography scan was unremarkable and did not show evidence of intrathoracic metastases. In the feet? National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Proper technique is particularly important with the aneroid sphygmomanometer to obtain consistent and accurate results.5 Good training and an ability to hear the Korotkoff sounds are crucial. When we asked about it, he said he actually felt like after he was wearing the CPAP, the nightly episodes decreased in frequency. Prof Dominiczak: Okay, let us hear the next comment, and then you will deal with them all together. We would use phenoxybenzamine—a general α-blocker—combined with metryosine to block catecholamine secretion. Dr Lombardi: I am a doctor, but as my mom would say, not one that would do anybody any good. I wonder if baclofen or other drugs could have contributed to it. organization. Available at: http://www.real-statistics.com/. Implement a standardized hypertension treatment protocol. Dr Carey: This large, slow-growing, ugly tumor that was removed was at the root of the problem. Evaluation of the technique used by health-care workers for taking blood pressure. Patients were instructed to remain quiet during the measurements. Subscribe To The Journal Of Family Practice, Clinical Guidelines for Family Physicians, A team approach for their senior patients and their physicians, Nurse Practitioners / Physician Assistants. Despite widespread acceptance, there is a lack of guidance regarding the best practice for performing RHC in clinical practice. 9.1 White Coat Hypertension. A secondary analysis was conducted using a sample of 136,432 adult patient visits (2005–2009) with chronic conditions (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], depression, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, ischemic heart disease and obesity) drawn from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). In addition, β-blockers precipitated the episodes—a typical finding in pheochromocytoma. Specifically, he had less cramping and fewer attacks. I think that is one potential concern. Respiratory: snoring, apnea, and hypopnea episodes while asleep. Pregnancy Induced Hypertension is a form of high blood pressure in pregnancy. Moreover, blood pressure values and body weight are directly related at any age of life. 11. We have a differential diagnosis. How sure are you that this actually started when he was 45 as opposed to somebody who had episodes from a young age that just simply were not detected due to a lack of medical care? He timed that, on purpose. Dr Dudenbostel: We will come back to the chronic back pain later with a couple of slides. The gastroesophageal reflux disease was managed with proton pump inhibitors. The positron emission tomography scan showed a hypermetabolic right adrenal mass containing necrotic areas corresponding to pheochromocytoma with no additional suspicious hypermetabolic lesions elsewhere (Figure 1B). 9. Dr Carey: One other cause of variability in BP is abnormal baroreceptor reflex activity. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.15243, National Center The patient was also instructed to take alprazolam 0.5 mg TID, diltiazem ER 180 mg, baclofen 5 mg BID, and hydrocodone/acetaminophen 7.5/325 mg as needed. The fact that he used opioids and maybe avoided baclofen at times when his BP was controlled may support that. Taking blood pressure with the patient seated on the edge of an exam table led to misclassification of prehypertension or hypertension in 13.2% of patients. But this certainly would not account for his death. Right heart catheterisation (RHC) plays a central role in identifying pulmonary hypertension (PH) disorders, and is required to definitively diagnose pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Diagnosis: pheochromocytoma. The audience just said that alcoholism may have played a role too. Blood pressure (BP) and heart rate before vs after surgery. Prior to beginning the study, we provided instructions in proper BP measurement technique to the nurses who would obtain the data. The findings are most consistent with pheochromocytoma with possible malignant transformation given the presence of the thrombus within the right adrenal vein. Dr Bursztyn: Yes, but chronic pain syndrome is not really clear. Raamat R, Talts J, Jagomägi K, et al. Dr Siddiqui: He could not describe the exact nature of his chronic pain. The effect of crossing legs on blood pressure: a randomized single-blind cross-over study. Very inconsistent. The abdominal and pelvic computed tomographic scan showed a large (8.4 cm) heterogeneous mass with areas of central necrosis and calcification seen arising off the right adrenal gland with possible extension into the inferior aspect of the right hepatic lobe. Other tumors that raise BP in the neck area would be very concerning to me. We did review his chart in an effort to determine the nature of his pain, but we could not. They entered data into an Excel workbook for subsequent analysis. With his chronic pain and his presentation, when you first described his case, he had what sounded like trigger points and a number of other things. Only 10 of 25 offices we visited in our area measured BP with patients properly seated in a chair. The purpose of our study was to compare BP measurement in 2 positions: the standard position described above, and the examination table position in which the patient is Copyright © 2021 Frontline Medical Communications Inc., Parsippany, NJ, USA. Healthcare professionals sometimes call high blood pressure 'hypertension'. I think now we will get the tests right. 1, 2 Both for the identification and clinical management of hypertensive subjects, the measurement of blood pressure (BP) is a crucial practice. Therefore, in 2000, he was 45 years old when this started. IN BRIEF Several guidelines and position statements are published to help clinicians manage hypertension in patients with diabetes. We had to believe that. Figure 3 shows the BP and HR trajectories before and after surgery, demonstrating fluctuations in BP before surgery with a period of stabilization after surgery and a postoperative onset of BP fluctuations after 1 year. J Hum Hypertens. I wonder if opioid-induced hyperalgesia complicated his postoperative course, causing the more moderate elevations in BP with the once-daily dose of hydrocodone, which maybe he was not even taking every day based on the urine test results. The postoperative medications included diltiazem ER 180 mg BID, metoprolol 50 mg BID, metformin 500 mg in the morning and 1000 mg in the afternoon, aspirin 81 mg, warfarin 5 mg, baclofen 5 mg BID, and hydrocodone/acetaminophen 7.5/325 mg daily. Prominent areas of hemorrhage were observed throughout the tumor. Among 107 patients with hypertension at baseline, 72 (67.3 percent) had a well-controlled baseline blood pressure of less than 140/90 mm Hg. Misclassification of hypertension occurred in 12 patients (5.9%), when, in fact, they were normotensive. Are these episodes occurring every night that he bends, or are other factors involved? Dr Carey: This man has a history of cocaine abuse. Nobody wants to manage them. Head GA, McGrath BP, Mihailidou AS, et al. J Clin Hypertens. Dr Bursztyn: Were the opiates helping him? However, I have questions about the timing of when this started, as I think it would inform the differential diagnosis. Prof Dominiczak: Okay, this is very interesting. Was he α-blocked sufficiently? McKay DW, Campbell NR, Parab LS, et al. You are not seeing an increase in HR; you can actually see a reduction in HR with pure norepinephrine tumors. 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