title: Initial assessment of the patient with hypertension.
abstract: The initial assessment of a patient with hypertension can easily be done in a primary-care setting. The goals of the examination are to determine whether the patient is truly hypertensive and, if so, the severity of the hypertension, the degree of target-organ involvement, the presence of curable causes of hypertension, the patient's overall cardiovascular risk profile, and the patient's understanding and willingness to adopt necessary life-style changes and comply with treatment.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Strong
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D003971:Diastole / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D012079:Renal Circulation; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents