This commentary points out the missed opportunity to improve chronic hypertension care in the ED. A substantial number of patients seeking care for asymptomatic hypertension and an even larger cohort seen for other complaints who are also chronically untreated hypertensives leave the ED without a prescription for antihypertensives. ACEP and AHA say we should be treating these people and arranging follow up.
References
N. E. Harrison and P. Levy, “ Chronic Uncontrolled Hypertension in the ED—We Hold This Truth to Be Self Evident,” Academic Emergency Medicine 33, no. 9 (2026): e70409, https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.70409.