BookNorman M. Kaplan, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine,
... Show More University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, Ronald G. Victor, MD, Burns and Allen Professor of Medicine, Director, Hypertension Center, Associate Director, The Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California ; with a chapter by Joseph T. Flynn, MD, MS, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Chief, Division of Nephrology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington.
Summary: "The 11th Edition of Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension continues to integrate the latest basic science findings and clinical trial data to provide current, practical, evidence-based recommendations for treatment and prevention of all forms of hypertension. As in previous editions, abundant algorithms and flow charts are included to aid clinicians in decision-making."--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Hypertension in the population at large
Measurement of blood pressure
Primary hypertension : pathogenesis
Primary hypertension : natural history and evaluation
Treatment of hypertension : why, when, how far
Treatment of hypertension : lifestyle modifications
Treatment of hypertension : drug therapy
Hypertensive crises
Renal parenchymal hypertension
Renovascular hypertension
Primary aldosteronism
Pheochromocytoma (with a preface about incidental adrenal masses)
Hypertension induced by cortisol or deoxycorticosterone
Other forms of identifiable hypertension
Hypertension with pregnancy and the pill
Hypertension in childhood and adolescence.