ABC of Hypertension
6th Edition
Published on 15. October 2014
128 pages
978-1-118-59259-5 (ISBN)
Description
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
Reviews / Votes
"The book is clearly written. There is an overview to each chapter. Subheadings are widely used to make it easy to find specific topics and there is a good index. The text is illustrated with diagrams, flowcharts and graphs. The last of these is appropriate to the current topic which is data rich." (Reference Reviews 2016)The book is clearly written. There is anoverview to each chapter. Subheadings arewidely used to make it easy to find specifictopics and there is a good index. The text isillustrated with diagrams, flowcharts and graphs.The last of these is appropriate to the currenttopic which is data rich.More details
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D. Gareth Beevers | Gregory Y. H. Lip | Eoin T. O'Brien
ABC of Hypertension
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11/2014
Wiley
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Persons
D Gareth Beevers, Professor of Medicine, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Gregory YH Lip, Professor of Haemostasis Thrombosis and Vascular Sciences, University of Aston, Birmingham, UK.
Eoin O'Brien, Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College, Dublin, Ireland.
Content
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
