Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2011;27(1):2-4

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6699.2011.01.002

How to raise the awareness of adrenal hypertension in China

Weiqing WANG

Keywords

Adrenal hypertension; Clinical pathway; Diagnosis methods; Hypertension

Country

China

Language

Chinese

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.