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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.
- The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time - succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective.
- 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.
- Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams.
- Bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from global leaders in the field - all providing a concise overview of important board-relevant content.
- Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime.
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Sommario
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
- ß-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
Info autore
EDGAR V. LERMA, MD, FACP, FASN, FPSN (Hon) Clinical Professor of Medicine Section of Nephrology University of Illinois at Chicago; College of Medicine/ Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL. Dr. Lerma edited the 4th edition of Nephrology Secrets
