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ABC of Hypertension
Beevers, Gareth; Lip, Gregory Y.H.; O'Brien, Eoin
0727915223 4th Ed
Series: ABC series
Publisher: BMJ Books
Pub. Date: 30th September 2000
Availability: In print
Editor: Lip, Gregory Y.H. (City Hospital, Birmingham); O'Brien, Eoin (British Hypertension Society, Republic of Ireland); Beevers, Gareth (University of Birmingham)
Binding: paperback
Description:
This edition has been updated with colour illustrations, including new chapters on diabetes, risk stratification and pathophysiology. It traces the development of blood pressure measurement and highlights the increasing dependence on ambulatory and self-measurement of blood pressure. The age of atomation is changing the approach to measurement and this is clearly demonstrated in this edition.
Contents:
Part 1 Blood pressure measurement, E. O'Brien: general principles of blood pressure measurement - sphygmomanometry, factors affecting blood pressure, blood pressure measurement in special circumstances; blood pressure measurement in practice -conventional sphygmomanometry, self measurement of blood pressure, ambulatory blood pressure measurement. Part 2 Blood pressure measurement, D.G. Beevers and H.J. Marshall: hypertension and cardiovascular risk; benefits of blood pressure reduction; causes of hypertension; patient assessment 1 - clinical; patient assessment 2 - investigations; treatment of uncomplicated hypertension; hypertension in special cases; hypertension in pregnancy; hypertension in primary care; diabetes.
Review:
It is extremely practical in its approach and manages to cover the whole field comprehensively without becoming too erudite.
South African Medical Journal
Further information:
Series: ABC series
Readership: research/professional
Illustrations: colour illustrations
No. of pages: 112
Page size: 297 x 212
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