This is a practice-oriented textbook for primary care clinicians on managing hypertension. The book summarizes all available research evidence that clinicians need to care for hypertensive patients. It also interprets the data to make it meaningful and useful and advises readers about the quality and quantity of the evidence supporting the findings. Some of the main topics addressed in this book include taking accurate blood pressure measurements, determining the effectiveness of various blood pressure treatments, controlling difficult to control blood pressure, and treating hypertensive patients with other comorbid conditions.

"This book is an excellent and comprehensive source of references for the major randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews published on elevated blood pressure." -- Canadian Medical Association Journal

"This is an extremely useful addition to the literature on evidence-based health care. It is essential that those of us managing common problems such as hypertension should review what we do, and this book is an excellent and very readable way to do it" -- Family Practice