Author Description

Through interesting case presentations, this volume in the Pearls Series(R) seeks to enlighten the reader in the management of patients with hypertension. Areas covered include management of essential hypertension, secondary hypertension, patients with multiple risk factors, and complicated management issues. A brief clinical vignette is provided for each case, along with physical findings and lab data, and the reader is encouraged to formulate a diagnosis and treatment plan. The next page reveals the diagnosis, discusses the disorder and the management of the specific patient, and concludes with 3-4 clinical pearls distilled from the case. Case-based coverage of hypertension in the proven format of the popular Pearls Series(R) Interactive format allows reader to guess the diagnosis and treatment options before authors reveal it on a following page Real patient cases allow for presentation of information not commonly found in standard texts Each case concludes with 3-4 Clinical Pearls(R) which distill the key information presented in the case Provides significant focus on latest drug therapies