For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Hypertension Secrets, 2nd Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style - making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.
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Covers the full range of pathophysiology, natural history, and diagnosis and management of hypertension for in-training or practicing professionals.
Fully revised and updated, including protocols and guidelines that are continuously evolving and that increasingly dictate best practices.
Includes chapters on obstructive sleep apnea; drug- or alcohol-induced hypertension; hypertension and diabetes, the obese individual, African Americans, the elderly, thyroid disorders, and pregnancy; and the role of device therapy.
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HYPERTENSION SECRETS, 2nd Edition
EDITORS: EDGAR V. LERMA and SWAPNIL HIREMATH
Contents
PATIENT ASSESSMENT
Measurement of Blood Pressure
Clinical Evaluation of Hypertension
Hypertensive Crises
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
Epidemiology of Hypertension
Pathophysiology of Essential (Primary) Hypertension - Isolated Systolic HTN, Diastolic HTN
Natural History of Hypertension
SECONDARY HYPERTENSION
Definition, Non-compliant, Screening for secondary HTN
Renal Parenchymal Hypertension
Renovascular Hypertension
Coarctation of the Aorta
Mineralocorticoid Excess: Primary Aldosteronism
Pheochromocytoma
Glucocorticoid Excess: Cushing's Syndrome and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Drug or Alcohol-induced
Thyroid Disorders
Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Acromegaly
HYPERTENSION IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
Hypertension in the Pediatric Population
Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease and End Stage Kidney Disease
Hypertension in Obese Individuals
Hypertension in African Americans
Hypertension in the Elderly
Hypertension in Pregnancy
Hypertension after Kidney Transplantation
Hypertension in the patient with Acute MI, CHF, Stable CAD
Hypertension in the patient with CVA (Ischemic, Hemorrhagic)
Hypertension in the patient with a VAD
Resistant Hypertension
Hypertension in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
THERAPEUTIC PRINCIPLES
Lifestyle Modifications - Diet (Na, Mediterranean)
Treatment Goals
Combination Drug Therapy
Treatment of Hypertensive Crises
Diuretics
?-Blockers
?-Blockers
Calcium Channel Blockers
Peripheral Adrenergic Inhibitors, Centrally Acting Sympatholytics and Vasodilators
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme inhibitors and Angiotension II Receptor Blockers
Renal Denervation
BP Vaccines
Application of Therapeutic Principles
[Title TBD]
Orthostatic Hypotension
Baroreceptor Dysfunction
TRIVIA
Historical snippets/oddities, e.g., Stephen Hales' first BP measurement in a horse, etc.
Still to place: Genetic (Monogenic) causes of Hypertension
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780323758529
Publisert
2022-04-19
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Vekt
430 gr
Høyde
276 mm
Bredde
216 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256
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