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Title: Secondary hypertension: Differential diagnosis and basic principles of treatment
Authors: Jacovic S.
Zivkovic-Radojevic M.
Petrovic, Dejan
Issue Date: 2016
Abstract: © 2016, University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science. All rights reserved. Secondary hypertension occurs in 5-10% of cases in the patient population with primary hypertension. e most common forms of secondary hypertension are as follows: parenchymal renal disease (renoparenchymal hypertension), renal artery stenosis (renovascular hypertension), adrenal gland adenoma (primary hyperaldosteronism), a tumour of the adrenal gland marrow (pheochromocytoma) and adenoma of adrenal and pituitary glands (Cushing’s syndrome). In patients with a typical clinical picture of secondary hypertension, the appropriate diagnostic tests should be conducted based on the suspected form of secondary hypertension. Determining a diagnosis of secondary hypertension is gradual. First, the appropriate screening tests are performed. If the screening test is positive, then additional tests to confirm the forms of secondary hypertension are conducted. Once a diagnosis of the appropriate form of secondary hypertension is confirmed, tests to distinguish causes and laterality tests to determine the precise localisation of the pathological process are applied to evaluate the response to therapy. Analysing the results of endocrine diagnostic tests provides an accurate diagnosis and selection of optimal therapeutic procedures.
URI: https://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/8985
Type: review
DOI: 10.1515/SJECR-2016-0056
ISSN: 1820-8665
SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85006940196
Appears in Collections:Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kragujevac

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