title: Next steps when BP won't come down.
abstract: A poor response to therapy should trigger a search for a secondary cause of hypertension. Use this review as your guide.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77555, USA. bmkarnat@utmb.edu
authors.forename: Bernard M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Karnath
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015897:Comorbidity; D004351:Drug Resistance; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents