title: Managing the problem patient.
abstract: Anxiety, overtreatment, inappropriate combination therapy, and noncompliance are all characterized as prevalent etiologic factors in so-called resistant hypertension. But perhaps the most common problem that expresses itself as resistant hypertension is failure to adequately control intravascular volume. The key point is that a cause for resistance is almost always discoverable.
authors.affiliation: Hypertension Division, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications; D001794:Blood Pressure; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology; D010349:Patient Compliance
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents