Hypertension Secrets

EDGAR V. LERMA, MD, FACP, FASN, FPSN (Hon) Clinical Professor of Medicine Section of Nephrology University of Illinois at Chicago; College of Medicine/ Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL. Dr. Lerma edited the 4th edition of Nephrology Secrets

• 1. Measurement of Blood Pressure in the Office2. Ambulatory and Home Blood Pressure Monitoring3. Clinical Evaluation of the patient with Hypertension4. Hypertensive Emergencies and Urgencies5. The Epidemiology of Hypertension6. Physiology of Blood Pressure regulation7. Target Organ Damage or Why Should We Treat Hypertension?8. Primary Aldosteronism and Mineralocorticoid Hypertension9. Glucocorticoid Hypertension10. Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma11. Other endocrine causes of hypertension12. Renovascular Hypertension13. Drug-induced hypertension14. Obstructive sleep apnea and Hypertension15. Hereditary causes of Hypertension16. Hypertension in children and adolescents17. Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD)18. Hypertension in Diabetes19. Hypertension after Transplantation20. Treatment of Hypertension in Obesity21. Hypertension in Blacks22. Hypertension in the Elderly23. Hypertension in Pregnancy24. Hypertension in Heart disease25. HT in patient with stroke/CVD26. Hypertension in the patient with Aortic dissection27. Resistant and Pseudoresistant Hypertension28. Hyperkalemia in Hypertension29. Lifestyle Modifications for Hypertension Management30. Blood Pressure Treatment Goals31. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors & Angiotensin Receptor Blocker32. Calcium Channel Blockers33. Direct Vasodilators34. Loop and Thiazide Diuretics35. Potassium-sparing diuretics36. Alpha Antagonists37. Beta-blockers38. ?2-AGONISTS39. Drug-drug and Pharmacogenetic Interactions40. Role of Device therapy41. Orthostatic hypotension42. Baroreflex Dysfunction43. Hypertension - Origins

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