Background: Hypertension occurs in up to 75% of hospitalized patients. However, less than 1% have “hypertensive emergency,” defined as severely elevated blood pressure (BP) with end-organ injury. Current guidelines support emergent treatment of hypertensive emergency but recommend against immediate reduction of severely elevated BP in patients without end-organ injury (i.e., asymptomatic hypertension). Recent literature suggests […]

Case Presentation: A 77-year-old woman with past medical history of renal cell carcinoma with known liver metastases, status post left nephrectomy who was on Tivozanib presented with acute onset speech disturbances, headache, nausea, and vomiting. Patient reported intermittent, milder headaches and confusion over the previous three weeks, coinciding with the start of Tivozanib chemotherapy. Vitals […]