Hypertension A Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment

This completely updated new 2nd edition serves as a quick and handy reference for physicians who regularly evaluate and treat patients with essential and secondary hypertension. The most recent advances in treatment are included along with helpful answers to questions commonly raised by clinicians. Ten appendices provide superb tables and flow charts to assist in diagnosis and treatment.Contains pertinent information from the Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood PressureIncludes findings from recent research studies: Hypertension Optimal Treatment, Systolic Hypertension in Europe Trial and the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes StudyDosages and indications for new antihypertensive drugs and combination agents are easily accessiblePocket-size format provides easy access to material essential for the busy clinician