TY - BOOK AU - Beevers,D.G. AU - Lip,Gregory Y.H. AU - O'Brien,Eoin TI - ABC of hypertension SN - 9781405130615 (pbk.) : AV - RC685.H8 B44 2007 U1 - 616.132 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Malden, Mass., Oxford PB - Blackwell KW - Hypertension KW - diagnosis KW - therapy KW - Blood Pressure Determination KW - methods N1 - Previous ed.: London: BMJ, 2001; Includes bibliographical references and index; Prevalence and causes / G. Y. H. Lip, D. G. Beevers -- Hypertension and vascular risk / G. Y. H. Lip, D. G. Beevers -- Pathophysiology of hypertension / G. Y. H. Lip, D. G. Beevers -- Measurement of blood pressure / Eoin O'Brien -- Screening and management in primary care / G. Y. H. Lip, D. G. Beevers -- Clinical assessment of patients with hypertension / G. Y. H. Lip, D. G. Beevers -- Investigation in patients with hypertension / G. Y. H. Lip, D. G. Beevers -- Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension / G. Y. H. Lip, D. G. Beevers -- Pharmacological treatment of hypertension / G. Y. H. Lip, D. G. Beevers -- Hypertension in patients with cardiovascular disease / G. Y. H. Lip, D. G. Beevers -- Special groups : diabetes, renal disease, and connective tissue disease / G. Y. H. Lip, D. G. Beevers -- Ethnicity and age / G.Y. H. Lip, D. G. Beevers -- Pregnancy and oral contraceptives / G. Y. H. Lip, D. G. Beevers N2 - This edition includes 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006027936.html ER -