For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Hypertension Secrets, 2nd Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style - making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

HYPERTENSION SECRETS, 2ndEdition

EDITORS: EDGAR V. LERMA and SWAPNIL HIREMATH

Contents

PATIENT ASSESSMENT

Measurement of Blood Pressure

Clinical Evaluation of Hypertension

Hypertensive Crises

ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

Epidemiology of Hypertension

Pathophysiology of Essential (Primary) Hypertension - Isolated Systolic HTN, Diastolic HTN

Natural History of Hypertension

SECONDARY HYPERTENSION

Definition, Non-compliant, Screening for secondary HTN

Renal Parenchymal Hypertension

Renovascular Hypertension

Coarctation of the Aorta

Mineralocorticoid Excess: Primary Aldosteronism

Pheochromocytoma

Glucocorticoid Excess: Cushing's Syndrome and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Drug or Alcohol-induced

Thyroid Disorders

Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Acromegaly

HYPERTENSION IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS

Hypertension in the Pediatric Population

Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease and End Stage Kidney Disease

Hypertension in Obese Individuals

Hypertension in African Americans

Hypertension in the Elderly

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Hypertension after Kidney Transplantation

Hypertension in the patient with Acute MI, CHF, Stable CAD

Hypertension in the patient with CVA (Ischemic, Hemorrhagic)

Hypertension in the patient with a VAD

Resistant Hypertension

Hypertension in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

THERAPEUTIC PRINCIPLES

Lifestyle Modifications - Diet (Na, Mediterranean)

Treatment Goals

Combination Drug Therapy

Treatment of Hypertensive Crises

Diuretics

?-Blockers

?-Blockers

Calcium Channel Blockers

Peripheral Adrenergic Inhibitors, Centrally Acting Sympatholytics and Vasodilators

Angiotensin Converting Enzyme inhibitors and Angiotension II Receptor Blockers

Renal Denervation

BP Vaccines

Application of Therapeutic Principles

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Orthostatic Hypotension

Baroreceptor Dysfunction

TRIVIA

Historical snippets/oddities, e.g., Stephen Hales' first BP measurement in a horse, etc.

Still to place: Genetic (Monogenic) causes of Hypertension