Chapter 42. Hypertension
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Because primary hypertension has no identifiable cause, treatment is based on interfering with the
physiological mechanisms that regulate blood pressure. Thiazide diuretics treat hypertension because
they:
1. Increase renin secretion
2. Decrease the production of aldosterone
3. Deplete body sodium and reduce fluid volume
4. Decrease blood viscosity
2. Because of its action on various body systems, the patient taking a thiazide or loop diuretic may also
need to receive the following supplement:
1. Potassium
2. Calcium
3. Magnesium
4. Phosphates
3. All patients with hypertension benefit from diuretic therapy, but those who benefit the most are:
1. Those with orthostatic hypertension
, 2. African Americans
3. Those with stable angina
4. Diabetics
4. Beta blockers treat hypertension because they:
1. Reduce peripheral resistance
2. Vasoconstrict coronary arteries
3. Reduce norepinephrine
4. Reduce angiotensin II production
5. Which of the following disease processes could be made worse by taking a nonselective beta
blocker?
1. Asthma
2. Diabetes
3. Both might worsen
4. Beta blockade does not affect these disorders
6. Disease states in addition to hypertension in which beta blockade is a compelling indication for the
use of beta blockers include:
1. Heart failure
2. Angina
3. Myocardial infarction
4. Dyslipidemia
7. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors treat hypertension because they:
1. Reduce sodium and water retention
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Because primary hypertension has no identifiable cause, treatment is based on interfering with the
physiological mechanisms that regulate blood pressure. Thiazide diuretics treat hypertension because
they:
1. Increase renin secretion
2. Decrease the production of aldosterone
3. Deplete body sodium and reduce fluid volume
4. Decrease blood viscosity
2. Because of its action on various body systems, the patient taking a thiazide or loop diuretic may also
need to receive the following supplement:
1. Potassium
2. Calcium
3. Magnesium
4. Phosphates
3. All patients with hypertension benefit from diuretic therapy, but those who benefit the most are:
1. Those with orthostatic hypertension
, 2. African Americans
3. Those with stable angina
4. Diabetics
4. Beta blockers treat hypertension because they:
1. Reduce peripheral resistance
2. Vasoconstrict coronary arteries
3. Reduce norepinephrine
4. Reduce angiotensin II production
5. Which of the following disease processes could be made worse by taking a nonselective beta
blocker?
1. Asthma
2. Diabetes
3. Both might worsen
4. Beta blockade does not affect these disorders
6. Disease states in addition to hypertension in which beta blockade is a compelling indication for the
use of beta blockers include:
1. Heart failure
2. Angina
3. Myocardial infarction
4. Dyslipidemia
7. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors treat hypertension because they:
1. Reduce sodium and water retention
