Core concepts in hypertension in kidney disease. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ajay K. Singh, Rajiv Agarwal, editors.
• Editors: Singh, Ajay, 1960-; Agarwal, Rajiv
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Epidemiology of Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease; Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Its Determinants; Definition of Hypertension; Prevalence of Hypertension in CKD; Clinic Blood Pressure and Ambulatory Blood Pressure; Hypertension and Kidney Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease; Hypertension and Cardiovascular Outcomes in CKD; Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: Assessment of Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease; General Elements of the Assessment of Hypertension Burden; Principles of Blood Pressure Measurement. Conventional Office Blood Pressure Measurement Inter-Arm Blood Pressure Differences; Pseudohypertension; The Auscultatory Gap; Orthostatic Blood Pressure Measurements; Office BP Measurement During Exercise; Automated Office Blood Pressure Measurement; Out-of-Office Blood Pressure Monitoring; Home Blood Pressure Monitoring; Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring; Integrating Home BP and ABPM into Clinical Decision Making; Prognostic Relevance of Out-of-Office BP; Out-of-Office BP in Chronic Kidney Disease; Out-of-Office BP in Kidney Transplantation; References. Chapter 3: Pathophysiology of Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis Introduction; Salt; Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System; Sympathetic Nervous System; Central Sympathetic Nervous System; Renal Sympathetic Nervous System; Endothelial Dysfunction, Nitric Oxide, and Oxidative Stress; Endothelin; Dopamine and Renalase; Other Pressor Factors; Parathyroid Hormone; Vitamin D; Calcium; Hypokalemia; Uric Acid; Translating Mechanisms to Patients; Obesity; Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Metabolic Syndrome; Diabetes Mellitus; Hyperaldosteronism; Renovascular Disease. Revascularization Therapies for Renovascular Disease Summary; References; Chapter 5: Resistant Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease; Introduction; Pseudoresistant Hypertension; Non-Adherence to Therapy; White-Coat Effect; Truly Resistant Hypertension and Its Potential Causes in Chronic Kidney Disease; Sodium and Volume Overload; Sympathetic Overactivity; Overactivity of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone-System; Arterial Stiffness; Endothelial Dysfunction; Epidemiology of Resistant Hypertension; Prevalence; Incidence of Resistant Hypertension.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 349 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.1/32; Hypertension; Kidneys -- Diseases; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Hypertension; Kidneys -- Diseases; Medicine & Public Health; Nephrology; Cardiology; Hypertension, Renal; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493964369; 1493964364
• Related ISBNs: 9781493964345; 1493964348
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 19, 2016).
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