Overview
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
- | Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
- | Publication Date: Dec 31, 1990
- | Number of Pages: 180 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0792309189
- | ISBN-13: 9780792309185
