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Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington.Concise reviews of contemporary approaches to management of problems and current treatment, for residents and practitioners. Previous edition: c1992. 112 contributors, 97 U.S. ... Read more

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The eighth edition of Clinical Management of Hypertension continues to update hypertension treatment recommendations with additions and interpretations of new data from treatment trials and guideline comittees. The management guidelines of the Seventh Joint National Committee (JNC) on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure are again reviewed and critiqued in view of new data since these were originally published in 2003. The validity of advising a thiazide diuretic as initial therapy is put in perspective. The 2007 European Society of Hypertension and Society of Cardiology guidelines and new treatment algorithms are also reviewed and evaluated. Recently introduced antihypertensive agents, such as a renin inhibitor and a beta blocker with nitric oxide-enhancing properties, as well as newer combination therapies, are discussed. Above all, this updated edition of Clinical Management of Hypertension sends a clear message that more individuals with hypertension, especially in the older age groups, shoud be treated; effective and safe treatment is available; and achieving levels of BP as close to normal as possible-120-130/80 mm Hg-will reduce morbidity and mortality to an even greater degree than has occured to date. ... Read more

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Thoroughly revised, the new edition of this companion to Brenner & Rector's The Kidney equips you with today's guidance to effectively manage renal and hypertension patients. International authorities emphasize the specifics of treatment while presenting field-tested advice on the best therapeutic strategies available. New chapters reflect the latest evidence impacting current clinical issues, while a new, two-color design helps you reference the information more easily. And now as an Expert Consult title, it offers convenient online access to the complete contents of the book-fully searchable-anytime, anywhere.

• Presents the most comprehensive text available on nephrology and hypertension treatment for a convenient single source that is easy to consult.
  
• Features the evidence-based guidance of leading authorities for making more informed clinical decisions.
  
• Offers in-depth discussions and referenced coverage of key trials to help you analyze the results and the evidence provided.
  
• Provides treatment algorithms and tables of commonly used drugs in each chapter for quick-access expert advice on arriving at the best and most appropriate treatment regimen.

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Its hard to believe youre dying when you feel fit and fine ... but millions of Americans are harboring unaware a condition that can rob them or kill them outrighthypertension, also known as high blood pressure, the most common form of heart disease. Even when hypertension is diagnosed, treatment is usually based on drugs, most with dismal side effects, expensive, and of limited usefulness. Really effective treatment of hypertension calls for getting at the causewhich, Dr. Eric Braverman has found, often relates to poor diet, elevated cholesterol, excess weight, stress, and biochemical imbalances. With Dr. Bravermans 30 to 90day program, patients have lowered their blood pressure and, in some case, even reversed the course of existing heart disease! ... Read more

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Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.Reference on the management of high blood pressure where renal function is impaired. For physicians treating patients with renal disease and elevated arterial pressure. 17 contributors, 12 U.S. ... Read more

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The treatment of hypertension is now evolving into a decision-making process of ever greater complexity. Not only has the range of drugs available increased but so too has our knowledge of the diversity of individual patients' responsiveness to therapy, and the need to tailor their treatment with reference to a wide variety of additional factors. In order to provide effective patient care, the clinician needs to be aware of all the options available, but also of the evidence supporting their use and the extent to which that evidence justifies the choices made. In this volume, leading authorities in their fields draw on the available evidence to provide answers to a series of key clinical questions facing the clinician treating hypertension.These include questions of definition; who do we treat, and when? Should we treat pre-hypertension? How does the choice of therapy change in the presence of comorbidities such as obesity, ischemic heart disease, left ventricular hypertrophy, diabetes or cerebrovascular disease? What is the optimal treatment of women in pregnancy?The book provides answers to these and many other questions, as the authors present an expert analysis of the available evidence and offer authoritative recommendations for treatment planning. In each chapter, tables highlight evidence from a variety of sources, and every chapter concludes with a series of key practice points that present a summary of evidence-based recommendations for best practice, graded according to the quality of that evidence. For any clinician concerned with the care of the hypertensive patient, this volume will be a valuable aid to treatment planning and long term management. ... Read more

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Like a time bomb ticking away, hypertension  builds quietly, gradually, placing unbearable strain on  the body until it explodes--in heart attack,  stroke, kidney failure, arterial disease, even death.  But the disease does not have to progress that  way. Here, in the third volume of the highly  acclaimed Preventive Medicine Program,  Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, one of the nations foremost  experts in the field of preventive medicine,  presents a medically sound, reassuringly simple program  that help you lower you blood pressure--and keep  it down, often without drugs. Overcoming  Hypertension gives  you:



--The latest facts on how cholesterol, cigarette  smoking, obesity, and stress affect coronary risk  levels.



--Your high blood pressure  risk profile, with newly devised charts for men  and women.



--A complete fitness  program that lets you choose the sport that works for  you. Plus a unique illustrated guide to  aqua-aerobics.



--Tips on talking to your  doctor that will help you become an active  participant in your own recovery.



--A  guide to anti-hypertensive drugs--the most up-to-date  list of medications, their recommended daily  doses, and ways to minimize side  effects.



--Three distinct dietary programs, complete with  menus, recipes, nutritional charts, healthy cooking  tips, and much more.



--Take  charge of your health and well-being with  Overcoming  Hypertension.


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Clear and easy-to-understand
Like millions of American men, I have been diagnosed with hypertension--high blood pressure. Well, I'm not one to take things lying down, so I set out to find a good book on the subject, and this is the book that I found. Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper is one of America's leading experts on preventative medicine, and this book is an absolute wonder!

Dr. Cooper begins the book by explaining what hypertension is and how it works, explaining everything about high blood pressure, including what the measurements (systolic and diastolic) actually mean. After that, he explains how the condition is treated, and what steps you can take, including exercise and diet.

Overall, I found this to be a great book. The author has an excellent way of unfolding the subject in a clear and easy-to-understand manner. I now understand so much more that I did just from talking to my doctor. So, let me just say that I love this book, and highly recommend it to anyone and EVERYONE who has been diagnosed with hypertension. This is the book to get!
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Identify signs of hypertension--"the silent killer"--and help treat it before life-threatening complications occur.You'll see exactly what's happening inside your patient with hypertension and know exactly what it means for your nursing care.In just 30 minutes, you'll learn how to:„h differentiate between primary and secondary hypertension„h identify modifiable and unmodifiable risk factors„h spot hard-to-detect signs and symptoms that point to potential complications„h determine which stage of hypertension your patients are in„h analyze diagnostic test results with skill and accuracy„h provide high-quality patient teaching that complements nursing and medical interventions and helps control high blood pressure ... Read more

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The World's Leading Experts Provide all the 'Essentials' Needed to Manage Patients in the Office and on the Ward!Nearly 17% of adults in the United States have Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), and one of the most common causes of CKD is hypertension. Treatment of hypertension has become the most important intervention in the management of all forms of Chronic Kidney Disease. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Hypertension Essentials is a current, concise, and practical step-by-step guide to the identification, treatment and management of hypertension in patients with CKD. This quick reference is an ideal resource for primary care physicians, cardiologists, nephrologists and physicians in training. ... Read more

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chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hypertension essentials 2010
This small book provided reasonable updated coverage on the subject of hypertension among the CKD's, but it essentially did not provide any data on the subject of CKD. I bought the book thinking that it would cover recent debates and controversies on CKD as the title was prominant for CKD! Howevere, I did not regret buying it as I found it helpful on hypertension. ... Read more

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• First book dedicated to this disease, previously thought to be incurable, but with the advent of new drugs, now amenable to management and a much improved prognosis for patients
• From the PAH Association, the leading experts in field
• Incorporates the latest AACP management guidelines
• Includes evidence-based treatment algorithms based on the recently updated ACCP Guidelines for Medical Treatment
• Aimed at specialists in pulmonology and cardiovascular disease, this volume provides the clinician with the most up to date information on the effective management of PAH

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Did you know that one in five people diagnosed with high blood pressure exhibit symptoms only in a doctor's office? A low-salt diet isn't right for everyone with high blood pressure? Risk factors for women and men vary? Written by an internationally acclaimed authority GOOD NEWS ABOUT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE reveals some surprising facts about this silent killer. ... Read more

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Outdated.The copyright date shown is incorrect.
This book was published in 1996, not 2007 as shown by Amazon.It is outdated.A great deal has changed since this was written.At its time, it was good.

A good overview
This book is clear and easy to read.It presents an authoritavie overview of high blood pressure and what to do about it.The author seems to know what he is talking about and gives sound advice.Recommended.

The best book on high blood pressure
After reading many of the popular books on high blood pressure, I must rank this one the best. I was particularly happy with the chapter on "white coat hypertension" and blood pressuure measurement and the many related studies that he comments on. Many books tend to have just a paragraph on this subject and gloss over such an important issue. The chapter on the "work-up" was also very useful to me. Now I will feel much more comfortable about asking my own doctor about a renin-sodium profile and an echo-cardiogram to be included for me. I would have liked to see a discussion of the "uric-acid" debate. Perhaps the publication of the book predated this debate. I was also happy that he chose to have a separate chapter about high blood pressure in seniors. With a hyperensive 70 year-old mum to worry about, this chapter was a wonderful source of information. Like another reviewer, I felt the section on "Alternative Medicine" was relatively small and brusque. But in earlier sections Dr Pickering did consider the mineral supplement issues in depth - what he doesn't consider is whether one should be taking natural herb supplements. His discussion of meditation could be improved significantly. But a weak discussion of alternative medicine should not detract from an otherwise very useful and authoritative book. I hope Dr Pickering will give us an updated version of this book - and allow Dr Andrew Weil to write the section on alternative treatments

Clear, scientific, rational guide for the hypertensive
The first reviewer's comment that "The only thing that kept me from giving him a five-star rating is his negative reaction to alternative treatments" convinced me to buy this book. I was looking for a bookthat explains what medical science actually knows about high bloodpressure, and instead ran into a slew of "Smile your way out ofhypertension!" pseudo-scientific nonsensicals. Fie on so-called"alternative" treatments: I wanted to read solid knowledge. I wasrelieved and pleased to find this book. Pickering presents what isknown, describes tested treatments, is realistic about weight, exercise,and gender/race/age without being discouraging or fatalistic, and does itin a readable way. I highly recommend this book.

This book is definitely worth reading
Dr. Pickering does a good job of explaining how your body works and its relationship to high blood pressure. He does a great job of interpreting conflicting studies. The only thing that kept me from giving him a fivestar rating is his negative reaction to alternative treatments. ... Read more

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This outstanding second edition amplifies and improves this premier text on hypertension in neonates, children, and adolescents.Previous chapters have been fully revised and new chapters have been added to cover important topics of recent interest, such as the metabolic syndrome, the impact of exercise on blood pressure, the many uses of ambulatory monitoring, and the relationship of sleep disorders to hypertension.A comprehensive volume, this book features 32 chapters covering the breadth and depth of the current knowledge.It is divided into 4 sections: blood pressure regulation and hypertension pathophysiology; assessment of blood pressure; predictors, risk factors, and special populations; and evaluation and management.Filled with excellent detail and pragmatic information, Pediatric Hypertension, Second Edition includes therapeutic guidelines from the US National High Blood Pressure Education Program and cutting edge data from clinical antihypertensive trials.Trainees as well as practicing clinicians will find the updated information on current treatments especially useful. ... Read more

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This pocketbook is a concise summary of latest evidence-based information on the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Dr Simon Stewart is one of the world's leading nursing experts on cardiac disease, especially heart failure. Highly illustrated, clearly and succinctly written, the book provides an introduction to pulmonary arterial hypertension. It contains clear guidelines for the effective treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and emphasizes the need for screening of high-risk patients and outlines the range and effectiveness of treatment options once PAH has been diagnosed. ... Read more

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(Martin Dunitz) Univ. of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. Pocket-sized practical manual to the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of patients with hypertension. Covers antihypertensive drug therapy and non-drug therapy, and when to refer the patient to a hypertensive specialist. Softcover. ... Read more

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Abstract:Three important principles have emerged from recent epidemiologic and clinical studies in hypertension. First, patients with hypertension most often have other cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity and diabetes. Second, hypertension remains grossly undertreated. Third, at blood pressure levels once considered “high-normal,” early organ damage may already be taking place in patients with multiple risk factors that, without treatment, can eventually lead to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The concept of evaluating global or overall risk is gaining wide acceptance, and US treatment guidelines may soon reflect these findings and assist clinicians in identifying individuals who are most likely to benefit from therapy. Results from clinical trials suggest that among the various pharmacologic agents available to treat hypertension, blockers of the renin-angiotensin system are effective in type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, conditions that often occur in conjunction with hypertension. ... Read more

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Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Clinical text features a number of clinical trials of drug therapies for hypertension and its complications. Provides a historical perspective on clinical trials in hypertension, in which each trial is reviewed in detail. Expanded-outline format. ... Read more

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Hypertensive disorders are among the most common medical complications of pregnancy, with an incidence of approximately 6-10%. This spectrum of conditions includes essential hypertension, pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome. For patients with pre-existing hypertension, management ideally commences prior to conception, and continues through pregnancy to the postnatal period. This book provides information on the evidence-based management of women with hypertension throughout pregnancy, supported by important background information on the etiology, risk-factors and pathophysiology of these disorders. Illustrated with accompanying algorithms, tables and lists for quick reference on diagnostic criteria, drugs and side-effects, this book will help clinicians rapidly gain access to the information they need to care for these patients. This will to be of interest to all grades of obstetric trainees as well as specialists, obstetric anesthetists and anesthetic trainees, midwives and maternal-fetal physicians. ... Read more

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Designed for the lay reader who has recently been diagnosed with hypertension, this book discusses major symptoms, prevention techniques, risk factors, complications, and treatment and emphasizes self-care, stress management, and empowerment. The information provided in this culturally sensitive book will help African Americans afflicted with hypertension make changes that can dramatically improve their lives by controlling and lowering blood pressure, such as losing weight and switching to a low-sodium diet. Written specifically for the black reader, this book includes frank discussions of racially related stress as a factor in the high number of African Americans with high blood pressure. ... Read more

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Better to learn to live WITHOUT high blood pressure
Learning how to take your own blood pressure at home has important information.Moreover, the advice in this book to lose weight and reduce sodium in your diet is good.However, lowering sodium without replacing it with potassium, i.e. increasing the ratio of potassium to sodium in the diet, is often futile.People whose diet has a ratio of potassium to sodium over 4 (preferably over 10) almost never get hypertension.By contrast, the average American white has a dietary ratio of 0.6 and the average American black has a dietary ratio of only 0.38.
Unfortunately, the medical profession just can't bring itself to accept that this is the main answer to the plague of hypertension; and of course, the drug companies don't encourage that either.

The idea that psychological stress causes high blood pressure simply doesn't hold up.Provided the dietary ratio of potassium to sodium is above 4, populations with severe stress do not get high blood pressure.

Blacks should consider these simple facts; in rural Africa, blacks almost never get high blood pressure!The part of the world with the LOWEST incidence of both high blood pressure and strokes is West Africa!!! Although this is never mentioned (3 computer searches could not find a reference)in the medical literature, it IS well documented in the anthropology literature.Moreover, I have letters from three medical missionaries telling me their three clinics in Africa did not see a single case of high blood pressure during the last century.

What blacks, and all people, need to learn is how to live WITHOUT high blood pressure.High Blood Pressure is PREVENTABLE and (the medical profession doesn't agree with this) CURABLE since the cause IS known.You can find this information in both my book (The High Blood Pressure Solution) and in Dr. Julian Whitaker's book (Reversing Hypertension).

All about the Silent Killer
High Blood Pressure (HBP) is an informative guide to living with
hypertension, the silent killer among African-Americans.
The guide is written in layman's terms and informs the reader of all
aspects of detection, treatment and management.The book allows the
reader an opportunity to learn how to take their own blood pressure
and how to purchase the equipment to monitor one's pressure at home.
HBP clearly outlines the complications from having uncontrolled blood
pressure.It concludes with sections on healthy eating and diet
modifications, stress management and the importance of having a
spiritual foundation in dealing with high blood pressure.

Reed and Hudson have written an easy to read book on a condition that
is treatable. It empowers the reader to become an active part of
their health plan.After reading this book, I made the necessary
calls to have my blood pressure checked.

Reviewed by Robilyn
The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

Worthy advice applicable for people of all races
High Blood Pressure: The Black Man and Woman's Guide to Living with Hypertension is a lifesaving guide written by medical professionals James W. Reed (Professor of Medicine and Associate Chair of Medicine for Research, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia) and Hilton M. Hudson (Vice Chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rockford Health Systems, Rockford, Illinois) especially for the non-specialist general reader. Addressing the problems of high blood pressure among black men and women specifically, High Blood Pressure explains in straightforward, direct, easy-to-understand terms, the causes, complications, and treatments for this widespread health problem. Emphasizing healthy eating and a fitness-conscious lifestyle, as well as stress relief especially for black men and women, High Blood Pressure contains worthy advice applicable for people of all races and is a highly recommended informational resource for all health-conscious readers, but especially those at risk for high blood pressure. ... Read more

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Ionic Transport in Hypertension is devoted to examining the hypothesis that essential hypertension is a heterogeneous disease in its pathophysiological mechanisms as well as in its clinical and therapeutic considerations. In recent years, there has been convincing evidence that alterations in the intracellular pool of ions, especially Na+ and Ca2+, may play a role in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension. This book considers research regarding abnormalities of transport pathways in cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, smooth muscle cells) from both essential hypertensive patients and spontaneously hypertensive rats. It examines the relationship between abnormalities of Na+ transport function and the physiopathological mechanisms leading to high blood pressure. The important prognostic and therapeutic implications of the existence of separate clinical profiles among essential hypertensives based on abnormalities of the ion cellular metabolism are also discussed. The book will be an important reference for physiologists, membrane biologists, pharmaceutical researchers, and all scientists and clinicians involved in hypertension research. ... Read more

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An essential resource for all cardiologists, internists, and medical residents, Pharmacological Management of Hypertension and Dyslipidemia assists clinicians in the treatment of hypertension and high cholesterol, the two most easily diagnosed and treatable risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This concise yet complete handbook includes the scientific background for each drug class presented, and includes a review of the science supporting the utilization of the agents in particular patient situations. The medications and their doses and dosage forms are presented in easy to use tables, so that the practitioners can quickly access the information to make their treatment decisions, whether they are in the hospital or in an outpatient setting. ... Read more