Manual of Essential Hypertension

Nihar Mehta
Jaypee Brothers
164 pages
ISBN: 9789389587388
January 2023

This is an illustrated guide for students and practitioners that covers the definition, diagnosis, and management of high blood pressure. Chapters cover antihypertensive drugs which includes mechanism of action, pharmacological characteristics, side effects, and contraindications as well as an overall guide to drug therapy. The book also includes special subsets for management of hypertension in various practical scenarios such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, pregnancy, perioperatively, and emergencies, among others.