Overview

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.

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Author:   Gareth Beevers ,  Gregory Lip ,  Eoin O'Brien
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Edition:   5th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.10cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.320kg
ISBN:  

9781405130615

ISBN 10:   140513061
Pages:   88
Publication Date:   08 January 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

1 Prevalence and causes (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 2 Hypertension and vascular risk (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 3 Pathophysiology of hypertension (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 4 Measurement of blood pressure. Part I: Apects of measurement of blood pressure common to technique and patient. Part II: Conventional sphygmomanometry. Part III: Ambulatory blood pressure measurement. Part IV: Self-measurement of blood pressure (Eoin O'Brien). 5 Screening and management in primary care (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 6 Clinical assessment of patients with hypertension (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 7 Investigation in patients with hypertension (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 8 Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 9 Pharmacological treatment of hypertension (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 10 Hypertension in patients with cardiovascular disease (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 11 Special groups-diabetes, renal disease, and connective tissue disease (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 12 Ethnicity and age (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 13 Pregnancy and oral contraceptives (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). Appendix. Index.

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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

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