RESISTANT HYPERTENSION IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (hb) 2017

A convenient and comprehensive reference on resistant hypertension in patients with chronic kidney disease Covers a wide variety of challenging cases with different patient populations Features clinical vignette presentations with discussions This comprehensive volume provides a detailed review on the general work up of chronic kidney disease-associated resistant hypertension  This title is separated into four parts; the first of which provides definitions, epidemiology, characteristics, risk stratification and outcomes of resistant and apparent treatment resistant hypertension  The next two sections explore pathophysiology and diagnosis, treatment in the light of new guidelines, as well as procedures and devices for neural modulation  Part four discusses public health approaches to resistant hypertension, educational programs, and resistant hypertension for general practitioners  Resistant Hypertension in CKD brings up-to-date information to nephrologists, internists, cardiologists and a wide array of other clinicians and health professionals taking care of chronic kidney disease patients Author: Adrian Covic Mehmet Kanbay Edgar Lerma Adrian Covic, MD, PhD, FERA, FESC, FRCP (London) Professor Internal Medicine & Nephrology University of Medicine,Grigore T Popa, Iasi, Romania Mehmet Kanbay, MD Professor of Medicine and Nephrology Department of Medicine Division of Nephrology University School of Medicine Istanbul, Turkey Edgar V Lerma, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine Section of Nephrology University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine Associates in Nephrology, SC Chicago, Illinois