TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 21. Hypertensive Retinopathy A1 - Usatine, Richard P. A1 - Smith, Mindy A. A1 - Chumley, Heidi S. A1 - Mayeaux, E.J. Y1 - 2013 N1 - T2 - The Color Atlas of Family Medicine, 2e AB - A 37-year-old man comes in for a physical examination and is noted to have a blood pressure of 198/142 mm Hg. He has no symptoms at the time. The physician performs a dilated funduscopic examination and notes optic disc edema, cotton wool spots, flame hemorrhages, dot-blot hemorrhages, arteriovenous nicking, and exudates (Figure 21-1). Fortunately, the remainder of the neurological exam and the EKG are normal. The patient is sent to the emergency room to be evaluated further and treated for a hypertensive emergency. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57671613 ER -