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Hypertension Management

Definitions, diagnosis and drug therapy: a practical guide for India

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  • Clinical guide
  • 88 pages
  • 3.3 MB
  • 1st (2026) edition
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How to measure blood pressure correctly, classify it and evaluate a new patient; primary and secondary hypertension; lifestyle advice that works for Indian patients; first-line drugs and step-by-step add-on therapy; and a master table of every antihypertensive with initial and maximum doses, adverse effects and cautions. Separate chapters on complications and on hypertension with diabetes, heart disease, proteinuria, CKD, stroke and retinopathy, followed by hypertensive emergencies, resistant hypertension, pregnancy and special groups, and long-term follow-up. Based on ACC/AHA 2025, ESC 2024 and ESH 2023 guidelines and the India Hypertension Control Initiative protocol, with a patient education handout and BP log. For general practitioners, physicians, emergency doctors, postgraduates, interns, nurses and MBBS students.

Author: Dr. Gireesh Kumar K. P. · For: Practising doctors, PG (MD/MS/DNB), Nursing & allied health

Inside this book

  1. Hypertension at a Glance
  2. Part I — Foundations
  3. Part II — Definitions, Classification and Causes
  4. Part III — Clinical Evaluation
  5. Part IV — Complications (Target-Organ Damage)
  6. Part V — Management and Therapeutics
  7. Part VI — Special Clinical Scenarios
  8. Appendices

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