Jnc 7 Express: The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, And Treatment of High Blood Pressure,9781588080011

Jnc 7 Express: The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, And Treatment of High Blood Pressure

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ISBN13: 9781588080011
ISBN10: 1588080013
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Pub. Date: 2003-05-31
Publisher(s): INTL MEDICAL PUBLISHING CO
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Summary

The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure is the national consensus statement on hypertension. In this very practical clinical guide, the committee spells out exactly what levels blood pressure require treatment and subsequently provides guidance to both lifestyle and medication therapies. 9781588080028 The recommendation to treat overweight and obesity is based not only on evidence that relates obesity to increased mor

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Abstract xiii
Introduction 1(1)
Methodology
1(1)
Classification of Blood Pressure
2(1)
Cardiovascular Disease Risk
2(1)
Benefits of Lowering Blood Pressure
3(1)
Blood Pressure Control Rates
4(1)
Accurate Blood Pressure Measurement in the Office
4(1)
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
5(1)
Self-Measurement of Blood Pressure
5(1)
Patient Evaluation
5(2)
Laboratory Tests and Other Diagnostic Procedures
6(1)
Treatment
7(7)
Goals of Therapy
7(1)
Lifestyle Modifications
7(1)
Pharmacologic Treatment
7(6)
Achieving Blood Pressure Control in Individual Patients
13(1)
Followup and Monitoring
14(1)
Special Considerations
14(5)
Compelling Indications
14(1)
Ischemic Heart Disease
14(1)
Heart Failure
15(1)
Diabetic Hypertension
15(1)
Chronic Kidney Disease
16(1)
Cerebrovascular Disease
16(1)
Other Special Situations
16(3)
Minorities
16(1)
Obesity and the metabolic syndrome
16(1)
Left ventricular hypertrophy
17(1)
Peripheral arterial disease
17(1)
Hypertension in older persons
17(1)
Postural hypotension
17(1)
Dementia
17(1)
Hypertension in women
18(1)
Hypertension in children and adolescents
18(1)
Hypertensive urgencies and emergencies
18(1)
Additional Considerations in Antihypertensive Drug Choices
19(1)
Potential favorable effects
19(1)
Potential unfavorable effects
19(1)
Improving Hypertension Control
19(2)
Adherence to Regimens
19(1)
Resistant Hypertension
20(1)
Public Health Challenges and Community Programs
21(2)
Evidence Classification
23(2)
Study Abbreviations 25(2)
Reference List 27

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