Hypertension

Learn how commonly prescribed drugs produce their positive effects during immediate treatment for a hypertensive emergency and during continuing therapy for hypertension. See exactly what each drug's actions mean to your nursing care before, during, and after drug therapy. In just 30 minutes, you'll learn: ‚ ~h how the vasodilator sodium nitroprusside works quickly to lower blood pressure during a hypertensive emergency ‚ ~h how peripheral vascular resistance and cardiac output control blood pressure, and how different antihypertensive drugs affect those forces to reduce hypertension ‚ ~h how beta blockers, diuretics, angiotensin-receptor blockers, central-acting drugs, and many other drugs are used in long-term, individualized treatment for hypertension ‚ ~h how to spot adverse drug reactions and work quickly to prevent life-threatening complications ‚ ~h which patient-teaching measures can maximize a drug's therapeutic effects and minimize its adverse ones ‚ ~h how drug therapy can be safely adapted for a patient whose hypertension is complicated by diabetes mellitus or renal insufficiencyBlanchard & Loeb is the author of 'Hypertension' with ISBN 9781930138094 and ISBN 1930138091.