Clinical lunch chats
Hypertension update | Integrating home monitoring with clinical care
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Effective BP control is vital to avoid cardiovascular and renal complications, particularly in young people and during pregnancy. Prof Erika Jones, Specialist Clinician at UCT Nephrology and Hypertension division discusses optimising treatment for these vulnerable patients with host physician, Dr Rust Theron. Watch this Clinical Lunch Chat and ensure your clinical pathway of BP control and treatment provides the best outcome for your patients.
You will learn:
- The importance of ensuring good measurement
- Why and when should ABPM be used in your clinical practice
- To optimise treatment in younger people and in pregnant women
Prof Erika Jones
Nephrologist and Hypertension Specialist
She is consultant in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and Consultant in General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town.
She is also the Director of the Hypertension Service (Speciality clinic for resistant and secondary hypertension, young people with hypertension and women who have had complicated hypertension during pregnancy.) at the Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, UCT
Prof Jones is President of the Southern African Hypertension Society and members of the South African Nephrology Society, the International Society of Nephrology, the International Society of Hypertension, Executive council member and Lead for the ISH Academy.
