高血压重点Hypertension in Focus

出版时间：2001-9  出版社：Oversea Publishing House  作者：Susan Shankie　著  页数：168  

内容概要

Pharmacists have a vital contribution to make in disease and medicines management. It is vital for all community pharmacists to provide pati ents with authoritive information on prescribed drugs. Hypertension in Focus takes a unique approach by aiming to inform pharmacists, as par t of the healthcare team, about the scientific concepts applicable for the effective medicines management and lifestyle choices of patients with hypertension. This book will be of interest to all community pha rmacists, pre-registration and undergraduate students.

书籍目录

About the authorAbbreviations1 Introduction2 Hypertension  Definition  Causes  Consequences of hypertension  Detection of patients with hypertension3 Hypertension management  Confirmation of diagnosis  Patient assessment  Treatment options  Selection of whom to treat with drugs  Treatment goals  Management of contributory conditions  Follow-up4 Pharmacotherapeutic interventions with antihypertensive drugs  Comparing the different classes of antihypertensive drug  Selecting the appropriate drug for the individual patient  Principles of drug treatment  Initiating drug therapy  Drug combinations  Resistant patients5 Hypertension management in special patient groups  Older patients  Patients from ethnic minorities  Hypertension in diabetes6 Lifestyle management  Individual patients  Primary prevention  Compliance  Principal lifestyle measure:7 Thiazide and related diuretics  Indications  Mechanism of action  Pharmacokinetics  Dosage  Adverse effects  Drug interactions  Preparations8 Beta blockers  Indications  Mechanism of action  Contraindications  Pharmacokinetics  Dosage  Adverse effects  Drug interactions  Preparations9 ACE inhibitors  Indications  Mechanism of action  Contraindications and precautions  Pharmacokinetics  Dosage  Adverse effects  Drug interactions  Preparations10 Calcium-channel blockers  Indications  Mechanism of action  Pharmacokinetics  Dosage  Adverse effects  Drug interactions  Preparations11 Alpha blockers12 Angiotensin II receptor antagonists13 Miscellaneous antihypertensive drugs14 New therapies and future developments15 Primary prevention and screening16 Pharmaceutical assessment of the hypertensive patientRecommended readingIndex