Clinical Challenges in Hypertension
Published on 15. April 2010
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-84692-069-1 (ISBN)
Description
This title presents an innovative new approach to therapeutic decision-making and provides answers to a range of questions that the busy clinician faces on a daily basis. A series of discussions, selected by expert contributors, all internationally recognised authorities in their fields, offer their own recommendations for managing difficult problems and offer insights into the value or otherwise of various treatment choices based on their own experience and the available evidence.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Charts, diagrams & tables
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84692-069-1 (9781846920691)
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Content
1. Do anxiety and panic disorders influence blood pressure? S Dubovsky 2. Should diuretic therapy be first step therapy in all hypertensive patients? B Carter 3. The argument against life-style modification: is it sustainable and is sodium restriction important in the management of hypertension? T Kotchen 4. Identification and management of hypertensive nephropathy. G Bakris 5. How low is too low for systolic and diastolic blood pressures? M Weir 6. Exercise/athlete and blood pressure. JJ Leddy 7. Management of hypertensive emergencies. J Basile 8. What are first and second line agents for managing hypertension in African American patients? J Flack 9. Diagnostic consideration when evaluating HTN in adolescents and patients less than 25 years of age. W Moskowitz Abbreviations General index