Your 74-year-old patient has a recorded blood pressure of 185/125 mm Hg. He is not currently showing any signs or symptoms of acute organ complications. You would label his condition a

a. hypertensive urgency.
b. hypertensive emergency.
c. hypertensive crisis.
d. both A and C.

ANS: D

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