Practical Management of Hypertension (Die Praxis Der Hypertoniebehandlung) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780792309185)

1. Techniques for measuring blood pressure and their interpretation.- 2. Pathophysiological basis of hypertension.- 3. Cardiovascular risk associated with hypertension; interactions with other risk indicators.- 4. Evaluation of the hypertensive subject.- 5. Special situations in hypertension (childhood and adolescence; pregnancy; old age).- 6. How to deal with secondary hypertension.- 7. Non-pharmacological intervention Roger.- 8. Drug treatment: efficacy and adverse effects. Specific responses in patients sub-groups and treatment approach.- 9. Predictability, assessment and improvement of compliance with regard to taking antihypertensive drugs.

Author: Willem H. Birkenhc$ger
ISBN-10: 0792309189
ISBN-13: 9780792309185
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Language: English
Published: 12/31/1990
Pages: 180
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d