Practical Management of Hypertension

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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 everyday confrontation with the hypertensive subject in practice, an authoritative panel of scientifically oriented but also practically involved 'hypertensiologists' were invited to present their condensed views and derived protocols. The result of these efforts, we hope, ...
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Overview

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 everyday confrontation with the hypertensive subject in practice, an authoritative panel of scientifically oriented but also practically involved 'hypertensiologists' were invited to present their condensed views and derived protocols. The result of these efforts, we hope, will meet the needs of the practising physician on the basis of a thoughtful equilibrium between rapid orientation and a scientifically agreeable course of action.

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Jack Stanko
This is a compact guide on the practical management of the hypertensive individual written by an astute group of Australian and European authors. The first edition was published in 1990. Its primary aim is ""to promote a utilitarian train of thought in the decision-making process in practice"" regarding the ""many dilemmas that surround diagnosis, surveillance and the intention to treat or not to treat."" The authors are successful but they omit some key points that relate to the evaluation and treatment of hypertension in the United States. The book is written for the generalist as well as the specialist (internal medicine, family practice, and cardiology, to name a few) in the practice of clinical medicine. The book is well written with many useful tables that lend the subject matter to a lecture-type of format. The written material is also tightly organized in an outline form maintained throughout the text. Each chapter is appropriately referenced. This book does an excellent job of concisely addressing many of the pertinent issues surrounding the clinical practice of hypertension. However, it lacks certain attention to issues endogenous to the United States, such as discussion of the guidelines from the 5th report of the Joint National Committee on Hypertension. This, coupled with its published price, diminish its usefulness.
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Reviewer:Jack Stanko, MS, MD (Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine)
Description:This is a compact guide on the practical management of the hypertensive individual written by an astute group of Australian and European authors. The first edition was published in 1990.
Purpose:Its primary aim is "to promote a utilitarian train of thought in the decision-making process in practice" regarding the "many dilemmas that surround diagnosis, surveillance and the intention to treat or not to treat." The authors are successful but they omit some key points that relate to the evaluation and treatment of hypertension in the United States.
Audience:The book is written for the generalist as well as the specialist (internal medicine, family practice, and cardiology, to name a few) in the practice of clinical medicine.
Features:The book is well written with many useful tables that lend the subject matter to a lecture-type of format. The written material is also tightly organized in an outline form maintained throughout the text. Each chapter is appropriately referenced.
Assessment:This book does an excellent job of concisely addressing many of the pertinent issues surrounding the clinical practice of hypertension. However, it lacks certain attention to issues endogenous to the United States, such as discussion of the guidelines from the 5th report of the Joint National Committee on Hypertension. This, coupled with its published price, diminish its usefulness.
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Twelve essays look at the diagnosis, surveillance, treatment, and risk factors of the hypertensive patient. Topics include general principles of blood pressure measurement, conventional and automated blood pressure measurement, pathophysiology, cardiovascular risk, evaluation of the hypertensive subject, special situations, secondary hypertension, non-pharmacological intervention, efficacy and adverse effects of drug treatment, antihypertensive drug combinations, and predictability, assessment, and improvement of compliance with regard to taking antihypertensive drugs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Table of Contents

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Preface to Second Edition
1A General principles of blood pressure measurement 1
1B Conventional blood pressure measurement 13
1C Automated blood pressure measurement 23
2 Pathophysiological basis of hypertension 35
3 Cardiovascular risk associated with hypertension; interactions with other risk indicators 59
4 Evaluation of the hypertensive subject 71
5 Special situations in hypertension (childhood and adolescence; pregnancy; old age) 89
6 How to deal with secondary hypertension 109
7 Non-pharmacological intervention 127
8A Drug treatment: efficacy and adverse effects. Specific responses in patient sub-groups and treatment approach 141
8B Antihypertensive drug combinations 161
9 Predictability, assessment and improvement of compliance with regard to taking antihypertensive drugs 167
Appendix: Profiles and dosages of antihypertensive drugs 183
Index 191
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