In this pocket guide for physicians and physicians-in-training, Bomback (clinical medicine, Columbia U.) and Bakris (medicine, hypertensive diseases unit, U. of Chicago) cover the essentials of hypertension in chronic kidney disease. They outline definitions, epidemiology, assessment, secondary and resistant hypertension, hypertension in end stage renal disease, interventional approaches, and controversies. This edition has updated guidelines from the American Heart Association and other organizations. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)