#14: The Treatment of Hypertension: Medicatio...

These five cases demonstrate important medical ethics principles. When would you breach patient confidentiality? When would you honor patient autonomy over beneficence? What are advanced directives and living wills? What is the principle of determining last known wishes, and if t ...  Show more

For a patient who presents with wrist drop and numbness on the back of the hand, what nerve is involved? In Saturday night palsy, which nerve is involved? What is the diagnosis in a patient presenting with a unilateral infrascapular localized area of pruritus? For a patient with ...  Show more

How to treat high blood pressure? How does a cardiologist treat high blood pressure?

Which medications are used for blood pressure? Which medications to start first? What order to use them in and when to use more rare blood pressure meds

ACE Inhibitors
ARBS

In this episode I cover hypertension.

If you want to follow along with written notes on hypertension go to zerotofinals.com/hypertension or find the cardiology section in the Zero to Finals medicine book.

This episode covers the latest guidelines, causes, dia ...

How do you counsel patients on beta blockers? Is one beta-blocker better than the other? What is preferred: ACEi, ARBs or ARNIs? What are the pros and cons of each? How does spironolactone compare to eplerenone? When do you stop mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist? What are ris ...  Show more

This podcast will review the pharmaceutical class of medications Beta 2 Adrenergic Antagonist or Beta Blockers. The therapeutic class is anti-hypertensive, anti-anginal.