| Descript |
xvi, 240 pages : illustrations, charts ; 23 cm |
| Series |
secrets series |
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Secrets series
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
I: Patient assessment -- Measurement of blood pressure in the office -- Ambulatory and home blood pressure monitoring -- Clinical evaluation of the patient with hypertension -- Hypertensive emergencies and urgencies -- II: Essential hypertension -- The epidemiology of hypertension -- Physiology of blood pressure regulation -- Target organ damage or why should we treat hypertension? -- III: Secondary hypertension -- Primary aldosteronism and mineralocorticoid hypertension -- Glucocorticoid hypertension -- Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma -- Other endocrine causes of hypertension -- Renovascular hypertension -- Drug-induced hypertension -- Obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension -- Hereditary causes of hypertension -- IV: Hypertension in specific populations -- Hypertension in children and adolescents -- Hypertension in chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease -- Hypertension in diabetes -- Hypertension after transplantation -- Treatment of hypertension in obesity -- Hypertension in blacks -- Hypertension in the elderly -- Hypertension in pregnancy -- Hypertension in heart disease -- Hypertension in stroke -- Hypertension in the patient with aortic dissection -- Resistant and pseudoresistant hypertension -- Hyperkalemia in hypertension -- V: Therapeutic principles -- Lifestyle modifications for hypertension management -- Blood pressure treatment goals -- Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blocker -- Calcium blockers -- Direct vasodilators -- Loop and thiazide diuretics -- Potassium-diuretics -- Alpha antagonists -- Beta-blockers -- Alpha-2 agonists -- Drug-drug and pharmacogenetic interactions -- Role of device therapy -- VI: Miscellenia -- Orthostatic hypotension -- Baroreflex dysfunction -- Hypertension–origins |
| Subject |
Hypertension
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Hypertension -- therapy
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Examination Questions
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| Alt Author |
Luther, James M., author
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Hiremath, Swapnil, author
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| ISBN |
9780323758529 (paperback) |
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9780323758536 (ebook) |
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