Practical Management of Hypertension

ISBN-13: 9789401072373 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 196 str.

Willem H. Birkenh Ger

Opis

This compact guide is concerned with the practical aspects of managing the individual patient with hypertension, including associated risk factors. In order to bridge the gap between the vast expanse of modern hypertension research and the every-day confrontation with the hypertensive subject in practice, an authoritative panel of scientifically oriented, but also practically involved hypertensiologists' have been invited to present their condensed views and derived protocols. The result of these efforts, we hope, will meet the needs of the practising physicians on the basis of a thoughtful equilibrium between quick orientation and a scientifically agreeable course of action.

Spis treści

Preface. 1a. General Principles of Blood Pressure Measurement. 1b. Conventional Blood Pressure Measurement. 1c. Automated Blood Pressure Measurement; E. O'Brien. 2. Pathophysiological Basis of Hypertension; A. Distler, A.M. Sharma. 3. Cardiovascular Risk Associated with Hypertension; Interactions with Other Risk Factors; J. Staessen, et al. 4. Evaluation of the Hypertensive Subject; L. Hansson, A. Svensson. 5. Special Situations in Hypertension (Childhood and Adolescence; Pregnancy; Old Age); L.J. Beilin. 6. How to Deal with Secondary Hypertension; F. Boomsma, et al. 7. Non-Pharmacological Intervention; R. Shinton, G. Beevers. 8a. Drug Treatment: Efficacy and Adverse Effects. Specific Responses in Patient Subgroups and Treatment Approach; G. Leonetti, C. Cuspidi. 8b. Combination Therapy; W.H. Birkenhäger. 9. Predictability, Assessment and Improvement of Compliance with Regard to Taking Antihypertensive Drugs; G.E. Bauer. 10. Appendix: List of Current Antihypertensive Drugs. Index.