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Contents
Clinical assessment 3
Assessing risk in hypertension 3
Clinical work-up 5
Lifestyle 5
Additional risk 7
Patient history 7
Family history 9
Drug history 11
Physical examination 13
Measurement of blood pressure 17
Auscultatory sounds 17
Other cardiovascular investigations 23
Pulses and bruits 23
Sounds and cardiac murmurs 23
The eyes 25
Additional investigations 25
Managing hypertension 31
Associated clinical conditions, including target organ
damage 35
Joint British Societies Coronary Risk Prediction Chart39
Initial treatment measures 51
Weight 53
Sodium and potassium 55
Alcohol consumption 57
Physical exercise 59
Smoking 63
Monitoring patients 67
Antihypertensive drugs 71
Initiating drug therapy 79
Checklists 85
Reading 89
