Recent research suggests that intensive blood pressure lowering may increase the risk of acute kidney injury. Take our poll to let us know if you agree with this new data.
Ronald is a 37-year-old overweight man with prediabetes and hypertension. At his last visit, he was advised to begin replacing his go-to between-meal snacks of candy and chips with the healthier...
Larry is a 39-year-old man with borderline hypertension. During a regular physical, you ask Larry how his efforts to cut down on sodium have been going. He tells you that although he has been making an...
John, a 62-year-old man, has been treated with lisinopril and amlodipine to control blood pressure (BP), but has only been able to get his BP down to 160/100 with the combination of the 2 agents.
Technology has impacted the way blood pressure is measured in the clinic. When screening for hypertension, do you think an automated office BP measurement or an auscultatory measurement is the better...
John is a 32-year-old overweight man with elevated cholesterol levels. He regularly eats salty, crunchy snacks and worries about the difficulty in giving them up. At his most recent check-up, he asks if...
Roger is a 46-year-old man who has recently begun an effort to lower his blood pressure. He reports that although he has recently switched to low-sodium options for all of his favorite foods, the...
In this “Test Your Knowledge” quiz series, Michael J. Bloch, MD, outlines a patient case and asks which diagnoses need to be excluded before making the diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
