Beevers / Lip / O'Brien ABC of Hypertension

6. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-59256-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 128 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: ABC Series

High blood pressure is a common chronic medical problem encountered in primary care, yet it is commonly under diagnosed. ABC of Hypertension is a long established, practical guide to the investigation, treatment and management of hypertensive patients. This sixth edition:
* Provides practical guidance on measurement of blood pressure and the investigation and management of hypertensive patients
* Explains new developments in measurement and automated measurement of blood pressure and
* Updates coverage on treatment of the elderly and explains of the implications of recent trials
* Incorporates current British Hypertension Society and NICE guidelines

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beevers, D. Gareth

Lip, Gregory Y. H.

O'Brien, Eoin T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vi
1 The prevalence and causes of hypertension 1
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers
2 Hypertension and vascular risk 10
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers
3 Pathophysiology of hypertension 20
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers
4 Blood pressure measurement, 27
Eoin O'Brien
Part 1: Factors influencing all techniques of blood pressuremeasurement, 27
Part 2: Conventional blood pressure measurement, 33
Part 3: Ambulatory blood pressure measurement, 38
Part 4: Self-blood pressure measurement, 43
5 Screening and management in primary care, 47
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers
6 Clinical assessment of patients with hypertension, 53
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers
7 Investigation in patients with hypertension, 57
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers
8 Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension, 63
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers
9 The pharmacological treatment of hypertension and endovascularrenal sympathetic denervation, 68
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers
10 Hypertension in patients with cardiovascular disease,81
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers
11 Special groups; diabetes mellitus, renal disease, renalartery stenosis and connective tissue diseases, 87
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers
12 Ethnicity, age and hypertension, 93
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers
13 Hypertension, pregnancy and the oral contraceptives,98
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers
Index, 108