ABC of Hypertension

by Beevers, Gareth; Lip, Gregory Y. H.; O'Brien, Eoin

• ISBN13: 9781405130615
• ISBN10: 140513061X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-06
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Hypertension is a condition which affects millions of people worldwide and its treatment greatly reduces the risk of strokes and heart attacks. This fully revised and updated edition of the ABC of Hypertension is an established guide providing all the non-specialist needs to know about the measurement of blood pressure and the investigation and management of hypertensive patients. This new edition provides comprehensively updated and revised information on how and whom to treat. The ABC of Hypertension will prove invaluable to general practitioners who may be screening large numbers of patients for hypertension, as well as nurse practitioners, midwives and other healthcare professionals.

Author Biography

Gareth Beevers, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham

Gregory Lip, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham

Eoin O'Brien, Blood Pressure Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iv
Prevalence and causes	p. 1
Hypertension and vascular risk	p. 7
Pathophysiology of hypertension	p. 12
Measurement of blood pressure
Apects of measurement of blood pressure common to technique and patient	p. 17
Conventional sphygmomanometry	p. 22
Ambulatory blood pressure measurement	p. 26
Self-measurement of blood pressure	p. 30
Screening and management in primary care	p. 33
Clinical assessment of patients with hypertension	p. 37
Investigation in patients with hypertension	p. 40
Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension	p. 44
Pharmacological treatment of hypertension	p. 47
Hypertension in patients with cardiovascular disease	p. 56
Special groups-diabetes, renal disease, and connective tissue disease	p. 61
Ethnicity and age	p. 65
Pregnancy and oral contraceptives	p. 68
Appendix	p. 74
Index	p. 77
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