Clinician's manual : treatment of hypertension

Hypertension sähkökirjat
Springer Healthcare
2011
3rd ed.
EISBN 9781907673320
Definition of hypertension.
The J curve.
Drug therapy or lifestyle modification?.
First-line antihypertensive therapy: the simplistic viewpoint.
Hypertension as a gateway to cardiovascular risk modification.
To twofer or not to twofer.
When initial therapy is insufficient – To uptitrate, to substitute, or to combine? --How aggressively should blood pressure be lowered?.
Evidence-based versus eminence-based therapy.
Combination therapy.
Comorbid conditions.
Therapeutic challenges.
Fashions and fads.
The J curve.
Drug therapy or lifestyle modification?.
First-line antihypertensive therapy: the simplistic viewpoint.
Hypertension as a gateway to cardiovascular risk modification.
To twofer or not to twofer.
When initial therapy is insufficient – To uptitrate, to substitute, or to combine? --How aggressively should blood pressure be lowered?.
Evidence-based versus eminence-based therapy.
Combination therapy.
Comorbid conditions.
Therapeutic challenges.
Fashions and fads.
