Opis: Pediatric Hypertension - J Flynn

This outstanding second edition amplifies and improves this premier text on hypertension in neonates, children, and adolescents. Previous chapters have been fully revised and new chapters have been added to cover important topics of recent interest, such as the metabolic syndrome, the impact of exercise on blood pressure, the many uses of ambulatory monitoring, and the relationship of sleep disorders to hypertension. A comprehensive volume, this book features 32 chapters covering the breadth and depth of the current knowledge. It is divided into 4 sections: blood pressure regulation and hypertension pathophysiology; assessment of blood pressure; predictors, risk factors, and special populations; and evaluation and management. Filled with excellent detail and pragmatic information, "Pediatric Hypertension, Second Edition" includes therapeutic guidelines from the US National High Blood Pressure Education Program and cutting edge data from clinical antihypertensive trials. Trainees as well as practicing clinicians will find the updated information on current treatments especially useful. From the reviews: "This is a superb book that should be part of every pediatrician's library. It is current and up-to-date, with the experts in the field contributing superb information to a broad review of pediatric hypertension. Weighted Numerical Score: 97" -Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal "For pediatricians, family practitioners, and internists who have interests who have interests in the antecedents for cardiovascular disease, this textbook is a welcome addition because it offers the first comprehensive review on this important topic." - American Heart Association "...offers substantial and detailed coverage of the area of pediatric hypertension...the most up-to-date and clinically relevant contribution to the field...the first comprehensive textbook on pediatric hypertension." - American Journal of Kidney Diseases "...an exceptionally comprehensive and well-written text...for any person interested iin the regulation, diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of hypertension in children and adolescents, this a book worth adding to your library." - Pediatric Nephrology "A timely book useful to all pediatricans, pediatric endocrinologists, inluding diabetologists, nephrologists, cardiologists, pharmacologists and transplantation teams." - Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews From the reviews of the second edition: "Examines the full scope of pediatric hypertension ... and guidelines on how to evaluate and manage the pediatric hypertensive patient. ... Pediatric Hypertension serves as both a detailed and practical resource which will allow the clinician to adequately address the needs of the adolescent patient who presents with this very adult disease. Readers will immediately benefit from the authors' clear-honed writing style which blends the most recent research data on the subject with the therapeutic guidelines from the US National High Blood Pressure Education Program." (John Aiello, The Electric Review, January, 2011) "Styled like an annual clinical review, this book on hypertension in children revisits current basic science, physiology, diagnosis, and treatment in articles edited by experts. ... an excellent academic resource for practitioners focused on hypertension in children ... . This is an excellent resource for clinicians who regularly manage pediatric patients with hypertension. It is well suited for pediatric cardiologists and nephrologists ... . It is an excellent, up-to-date resource for review of the current knowledge and approach to management of pediatric patients with hypertension." (Micheal G. White, Doody's Review Service, July, 2011)PART I. Regulation of Blood Pressure in Children Chapter 1: Neurohumoral Regulation of Blood Pressure in Early Development, by Jeffrey L. Segar Chapter 2: Vasoactive Factors and Blood Pressure in Children, by Ihor V. Yosipiv Chapter 3: Cardiovascular and Autonomic Influences on Blood Pressure, by John E. Jones, Aruna R. Natarajan, and Pedro A. Jose Chapter 4: Ions and Fluid Dynamics in Hypertension, by Avram Z. Traum Chapter 5: CRP, Uric Acid and Other Novel Factors in th Pathogenesis of Hypertension, by Daniel I. Feig Chapter 6: Monogenic and Polygenic Genetic Contributions to Hypertension, by Julie R. Ingelfinger PART II. Assessment of Blood Pressure in Children: Measurement, Normative Data, Epidemiology Chapter 7: Casual Blood Pressure Methodology, by Lavjay Butani Chapter 8: Development of Blood Pressure Norms in Children, by Bonita Falkner Chapter 9: Definitions of Hypertension in Children, by Karen McNiece Redwine Chapter 10: Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Norms in Children, by Elke Wuhl Chapter 11: Epidemiology of Essential Hypertension in Chlidren: The Bogalusa Heart Study, by Elaine M. Urbina, and S.R. Srinivasan and Gerald S. Berenson Chapter 12: Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in Children, by Samuel S. Gidding PART III. Hypertension in Children: Predictors, Risk Factors, and Special Populations Chapter 13: Perinatal Programming and Blood Pressure, by Julie R. Ingelfinger Chapter 14: Familial Aggregation of Blood Pressure, by Xiaoling Wang and Harold Snieder Chapter 15: Influence of Dietary Electrolytes on Childhood Blood Pressure, by Dawn K. Wilson and Sandra Coulon Chapter 16: Ethnic Differences in Childhood Blood Pressure, by Gregory A. Harshfield Chapter 17: Childhood Obesity and Blood Pressure Regulation, by Albert P. Rocchini Chapter 18: Hypertension in children with the metabolic syndrome or type 2 diabetes, by Joseph T. Flynn Chapter 19: Primary Hypertension in Children, by Gaurav Kapur and Tej K. Mattoo Chapter 20: Secondary Forms of Hypertension in Children, by Kjell Tullus Chapter 21: Neonatal Hypertension, by Joseph T. Flynn Chapter 22: Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease, by Franz Schaefer Chapter 23: Hypertension in End-Stage Renal Disease, by Tomas Seeman Chapter 24: Sequelae of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents, by Donald J Weaver and Mark M. Mitsnefes Chapter 25: Sleep Apnea and Hypertension, by Alicia A. Acosta Chapter 26: Hypertension and Exercise, by Rae-Ellen W. Kavey Chapter 27: Hypertension in the Developing World, by Vera Koch PART IV. Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Hypertension Chapter 28: Evaluation of the Hypertensive Pediatric Patient, by Rita D. Swinford and Ronald J. Portman Chapter 29: The Role of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Diagnosis of Hypertension and Evaluation of Target-organ Damage, Empar Lurbe and Josep Redon Chapter 30: Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Pediatric Hypertension, by R. Thomas Collins and Bruce S. Alpert Chapter 31: Pharmacotherapy of Pediatric Hypertension, by Douglas L. Blowey Chapter 32: Management of Hypertensive Emergencies, by Craig W. Belsha Chapter 33: Pediatric Antihypertensive Clinical Trials, by Jennifer S. Li, Daniel K. Benjamin, Jr, Thomas Severin, and Ronald J. Portman

Szczegóły: Pediatric Hypertension - J Flynn

Tytuł: Pediatric Hypertension
Autor: J Flynn
Producent: Humana Press
ISBN: 9781603278232
Rok produkcji: 2010
Ilość stron: 700
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 1.37 kg

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