Question: what is the difference between malignant hypertension and hypertensive emergency?
Answer: Malignant hypertension may or may not be associated with clinical conditions present in hypertensive urgency (ie, SBP >180 mm Hg or DBP >120 mm Hg, but no evidence of acute target organ damage [10, 11] ; thus, hypertensive urgency occurs in the absence of acute end-organ damage, whereas hypertensive emergencies include ...