ABC of Hypertension 5e by D. Gareth Beevers

ABC of Hypertension 5e

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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

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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