How to raise the awareness of adrenal hypertension in China
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6699.2011.01.002
- VernacularTitle:提升国内肾上腺性高血压诊断水平的思考
- Author:
Weiqing WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Adrenal hypertension;
Clinical pathway;
Diagnosis methods;
Hypertension
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2011;27(1):2-4
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Adrenal hypertension is increasingly found to be one of the most important causes of hypertension. We have to overcome the difficulties caused by the complexity of adrenal medullary or adrenocortical diseases, and many objective factors. How to raise the awareness of adrenal hypertension? The effective measures are to make appropriate diagnosis in adrenal hypertension, to establish the correct clinical approach to adrenal hypertension, to open up continuously new diagnosis methods and use them in clinic, to develop multidiciplinary cooperation, and to ensure advanced diagnosis. Finally, we may improve the diagnosis of adrenal hypertension.