Kaplan's clinical hypertension / / Norman M. Kaplan, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, Ronald G. Victor, MD, Burns and Allen Professor of Medicine, Director, Hypertension Center, Associate Director, The Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California ; with a chapter by Joseph T. Flynn, MD, MS, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Chief, Division of Nephrology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington.

• VerfasserIn: Kaplan, Norman M., 1931-; Victor, Ronald G.,; Flynn, Joseph T.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Victor, Ronald G.,; Flynn, Joseph T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : Wolters Kluwer,, [2015]; 2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Eleventh edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (471 pages) :; illustrations (some color)
• Notes: Preceded by Kaplan's clinical hypertension / Norman M. Kaplan, Ronald G. Victor ; with a chapter by Joseph T. Flynn. 10th edition c2010.

"The 11th Edition of Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension continues to integrate the latest basic science findings and clinical trial data to provide current, practical, evidence-based recommendations for treatment and prevention of all forms of hypertension. As in previous editions, abundant algorithms and flow charts are included to aid clinicians in decision-making."--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Hypertension in the population at large -- Measurement of blood pressure -- Primary hypertension : pathogenesis -- Primary hypertension : natural history and evaluation -- Treatment of hypertension : why, when, how far -- Treatment of hypertension : lifestyle modifications -- Treatment of hypertension : drug therapy -- Hypertensive crises -- Renal parenchymal hypertension -- Renovascular hypertension -- Primary aldosteronism -- Pheochromocytoma (with a preface about incidental adrenal masses) -- Hypertension induced by cortisol or deoxycorticosterone -- Other forms of identifiable hypertension -- Hypertension with pregnancy and the pill -- Hypertension in childhood and adolescence.